India: "The limited geographical diversity in WIPO's leadership and senior positions remains a genuine concern."

United States: "A new WIPO term brings occasion for this organization to refresh, refocus and fixate on WIPO's goal promoting Intellectual Property and advancing strong protection of IP throughout the world." @wipo.int

Qatar: "When it comes to electronic piracy, we support conversations in the framework of SCCR on copyright and related rights to protect radio diffusion broadcasting rights." @wipo.int

The following WIPO member states will deliver general statements this morning (Wednesday, 8 July 2026) - United States of America at 10:18 CEST, Switzerland at 10:22 CEST, India at 10:26 CEST, Singapore at 10:34 CEST, and Burkina Faso at 10:38 CEST. @wipo.int

Proposal by Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) for a PABS Annex. apps.who.int/gb/igwg/pdf_... @who.int #PandemicAgreement @keiwashdc.bsky.social #IGWG7 #PABS

"Peru has concluded its internal process of ratifying the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Related Traditional Knowledge and will be depositing the corresponding instrument to this organization." @wipo.int General Assembly 2026

@wipo.int Director General Daren Tang announed that the theme of World IP Day in 2027 is IP and Fashion.

@wipo.int The Sixty-Eighth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO

India to supply BrahMos, Astra missiles to Indonesia, India government official says reut.rs/44fdezy

Re last RT, here’s today’s Trade Secrets by me on the same subject. The UK’s negotiating tactics (see also @davidheniguk.bsky.social on this subject) are an unappealing mixture of secretive, craven and inept.

This morning at the opening session of the 6th session of the WHO PABS negotiations we supported this proposal made by @keiwashdc.bsky.social #pandemicagreement

The co-facilitators (Mexico, France, Spain, and Norway) brief #IGWG7 on the state of play of developments during the #PABS informals. @who.int #PandemicAgreement

"Wild fennel now flowered where Bronze Age settlers had farmed and herded their flocks. From here they dispatched across the Mediterranean the most coveted military technology of their age: obsidian, the razor-edged volcanic glass from which the sharpest blades could be knapped."

On 22 June 2026, @who.int published the agenda for the 160th session of its Executive Board which will take place from 25 January 2027 to 2 February 2027. #DGelection #EB160 apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf...

@wipo.int Calendar of side events - Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO: Sixty-Eighth Series of Meetings July 7 to 15, 2026

@economist.com "After the Bay Area, the Cambridges are the world’s densest innovation clusters per person, though which comes first depends on what you count."

Guy de Lusignan: "I cannot eat, I am finicky about company. In France this could not inherit, but here, there are no civilized rules."

Happy Birthday Unitaid! @unitaid.bsky.social @unitaidngos.bsky.social @unitaidcommunities.bsky.social

#IGWG7 Program of work.

Ten years ago on 30 June 2016, the "Books for Blind" Marrakesh Treaty Entered into Force. @wipo.int Francis Gurry: "I think we are desperately in need of good news in the world today and this week from the World Intellectual Property Organization, we do have some good news."

Working modalities and updated timeline and deliverables of the open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group, apps.who.int/gb/IGWG/pdf_... @who.int #PandemicAgreement #PABS IGWG 8 takes place from 14-19 September 2026 IGC 53 takes place from 16 - 25 Sepember 2026 @wipo.int @keiwashdc.bsky.social

@wipo.int Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. June 2013. @keiwashdc.bsky.social @itamaratygovbr.bsky.social

Francis Gurry Interview, Director General of WIPO, 6.28.13, WIPO Treaty for the Blind, Marrakesh www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K6p... @wipo.int

From September 2025