WIPO is the preeminent international body dealing with intellectual
property issues.
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+<indexterm id='idxworldsummitontheinformationsocietywsis' class='startofrange'><primary>World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)</primary></indexterm>
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Indeed, I was once publicly scolded for not recognizing this fact
about WIPO. In February 2003, I delivered a keynote address to a
thus the meeting about <quote>open and collaborative projects to create
public goods</quote> seemed perfectly appropriate within the WIPO agenda.
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+<indexterm startref='idxworldsummitontheinformationsocietywsis' class='endofrange'/>
<indexterm><primary>Apple Corporation</primary></indexterm>
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But there is one project within that list that is highly
first-year law student, but an embarrassment from a high government
official dealing with intellectual property issues.
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+<indexterm><primary>World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>drugs</primary><secondary>pharmaceutical</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>generic drugs</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>patents</primary><secondary>on pharmaceuticals</secondary></indexterm>
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Second, who ever said that WIPO's exclusive aim was to <quote>promote</quote>
intellectual property maximally? As I had been scolded at the