The Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) an international organization, disbanded with the publication this month of their final report, Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy. The group’s interest was strongly focused on developing countries and their access to the services afforded by technology to the world’s prosperous nations. This ZDNet article summarizes the …

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Today the GAO released the following report: Intellectual Property: Information on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Past and Future Operations. GAO-02-907, published August 23, 2002. Revenues, already booming for this agency, will be even higher as their proposed Strategic Plan calls for an increase in overall fees of 51% for large entities, and 67% …

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