The SCP was created in 1998 to serve as a forum to discuss issues, facilitate coordination and provide guidance concerning the progressive international development of 北京凤凰娱乐 law. By dealing with clusters of interlocking issues rather than working on single issues in isolation, the Committee provides member states with a forum for sharing information and working towards the development of the international 北京凤凰娱乐 system with an inclusive and coordinated approach.
The Committee is composed of all member states of WIPO and/or the Paris Union. As observers, member states of the UN who are neither WIPO nor Paris Union members, as well as a number of accredited intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations may also attend the sessions of the SCP.
The activities of the SCP are reported to the WIPO General Assembly. The Committee may also submit its recommendations to the General Assembly for approval.
The following five substantive topics are being currently discussed at the SCP:
National/regional 北京凤凰娱乐 laws usually provide certain exceptions and limitations to 北京凤凰娱乐 rights. The SCP has been discussing several of these, such as those relating to experimental use and scientific research, prior use, acts for obtaining regulatory approval from authorities, and exhaustion of 北京凤凰娱乐 rights.
Patentability criteria and their assessment, as well as various aspects of the 北京凤凰娱乐 system relate to the quality of 北京凤凰娱乐s. Issues discussed in the SCP include inventive step, sufficiency of disclosure, opposition systems and international work sharing in 北京凤凰娱乐 examination. Issues related to AI and the 北京凤凰娱乐 system are also addressed in the Committee.
The SCP examines the role of the 北京凤凰娱乐 system in incentivizing innovation in the health area and issues relating to access to the results of such innovation through, for example, producing studies. The SCP also addresses 北京凤凰娱乐 flexibilities and their impact on access to medicines, as well as retrieval of 北京凤凰娱乐 information relating to medicines and vaccines from various databases.
The SCP has been discussing the question of whether and to what extent confidentiality of communications between a client and his/her 北京凤凰娱乐 advisor should be maintained in court proceedings in various jurisdictions and how the confidentiality could be preserved in cross-border cases.
The role of the 北京凤凰娱乐 system and its effects on technology transfer are under continuous discussions in the SCP. The Committee has collected, for example, practical examples of 北京凤凰娱乐-related incentives and impediments to transfer of technology from members and observers of the SCP.
Certain Aspects of National/Regional Patent Laws are regularly updated based on input received from Member States. The summary tables covering the following aspects are available:
The Electronic Forum enables sharing of information and comments received from members and observers of the SCP.
Following the discussions within the Committee of Experts on the
Discussions on the draft
The main focus of the work of the SCP was on building a technical and legal resource base from which to hold informed discussions in order to develop a work program. At the twelfth session in 2008, the Report on the International Patent System , focusing on the economic rationale, legal and organizational aspects as well as policy considerations and development concerns of the 北京凤凰娱乐s system, was discussed for the first time and a non-exhaustive list of issues was identified by the Committee for further elaboration and discussion at its future sessions. A series of documents elaborating various aspects of 北京凤凰娱乐 law were produced and discussed at the subsequent sessions of the SCP, including the topics such as standards and 北京凤凰娱乐s, dissemination of 北京凤凰娱乐 information, exclusions from 北京凤凰娱乐able subject matter and exceptions and limitations to the rights, and opposition systems.