Features Archive
- WIPO DG Pledges Support for India’s Visually Impaired Community - WIPO Director General, Francis Gurry, met representatives of India’s VIP community at a conference entitled “Right to Read of persons with print disabilities and copyright challenges” organized by the VIP community in cooperation with the Government of India in New Delhi on November 11. WIPO Press Release PR/2009/615 (November 11, 2009)
Submission handed to the DG by the VIP community in India
- SCCR Commits to Improving Access by VIPs to Copyright-Protected Works - WIPO’s top copyright negotiating forum has agreed to move forward with discussions that could lead to better access to copyright-protected works by the blind, visually impaired and other reading-disabled persons. WIPO Press Release 2009/628 (December 18, 2009)
- Closer collaboration in Favor of Visually Impaired - A meeting hosted by WIPO on December 7, 2009 with a number of United Nations specialized agencies in Geneva concluded with agreement on the need for closer inter-agency collaboration in favor of VIPs. WIPO Press Release 2009/622 (December 8, 2009)
- Authors, Composers, Artists: Music "Inspired by Life" - WIPO had the pleasure of hosting on July 13 a performance by Nigerian musician, songwriter and producer Cobhams Emmanuel Asuquo. Born blind in Lagos in 1981, Mr. Asuquo overcame both the challenges of being visually impaired and being from a developing country, to gain international recognition as a songwriter and music producer. WIPO Magazine 5/2009 (September 2009)
- IP Challenges in Meeting the Needs of VIPs - WIPO organized an event on "Meeting the Needs of Visually Impaired Persons: What Challenges for IP?" on July 13 to draw attention to the urgency of providing VIPs – including blind and reading impaired persons – with timely access to copyright-protected content. WIPO Magazine 5/2009 (September 2009)
- Louis Braille - 2009 marks the bicentenary of Louis Braille's birth - the man who changed the lives of millions of blind and visually-impaired people by creating a raised-dot system that allowed them to read and write, opening up the world for them to see. WIPO Magazine 4/2009 (June 2009)
- SCCR to Expedite Work in Favor of Reading Impaired. WIPO Press Update 2009/310 (June 2, 2009)
- Member States Review Key Copyright Issues. WIPO Press Release 2008/575 (November 10, 2008)
