A proposal to implement the WIPO Development Agenda through thematic projects (grouping recommendations which address the same or similar subject matter into coherent projects) is a promising approach.  The proposal contained in document CDIP/3/4 dated 1 April 2009  (it is not an April Fool’s Day joke, I am sure)  is the initiative of the Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Initially, a set of four projects covering 11 of the 45 Development Agenda Recommendations are proposed. Further projects would be developed once the approach is endorsed by Member States. (more…)  Read the rest of this entry »