tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2246671986881221830..comments2024-03-29T11:10:02.290+00:00Comments on The IPKat: How many ministers does it take to make a High Level Segment?Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-78006183440062055862009-09-29T14:57:49.750+01:002009-09-29T14:57:49.750+01:00Bashing information officers for their gobbledegoo...Bashing information officers for their gobbledegook, their vain phrases and their hot air is not only enjoyable for readers, but also a matter of public mental health. This is all the more important when the matter is not very popular. So keep on clawing!<br /><br />On the other hand, the High-Level Segment of the WIPO Assemblies was a waste of neither time, nor money. To have some fifty ministers with varying portfolios together and speak positively about intellectual property and WIPO is quite something. It is even more when you note that the majority were from the poorest part of the world, or, put differently, from the part in the direst need of development.<br /><br />Of course, the benefits of the Segment will only unfold fully if WIPO, and others (and this includes blogs, which themselves include the IP Kat), are able to deploy a meaningful information and communication strategy. Think about Copenhagen...<br /><br />And here, we are back to square one...wackes seppinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-79591973202945881172009-09-28T11:09:32.737+01:002009-09-28T11:09:32.737+01:00I think it would be worthwhile to note that (I thi...I think it would be worthwhile to note that (I think) only one Group B country (Malta) attended this high level group. Further, that many of the representatives there would have been at WIPO to attend the Assemblies in any event (several countries send Ministers to the Assemblies).<br /><br />WIPO is funded more by the PCT than by national contributions (as has been discussed endlessly). So to paint this as a gross waste of "our" public resources is a little misleading. That's not to defend or speak positively about any effective outcome of this meeting, but just to add some balance.<br /><br />If you want to pick on financial waste in WIPO or in the UN in general, I'm sure that there are much bigger and better examples.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-51753828404133495662009-09-25T15:49:29.604+01:002009-09-25T15:49:29.604+01:00I sometimes get annoyed with the tone of the ipkat...I sometimes get annoyed with the tone of the ipkats too, but they dish out praise as well as snarky stuff and they ARE rigfht when it comes to hypocrasy and public resources. <br /><br />Keep on miowing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-61035968294962159842009-09-25T14:44:24.928+01:002009-09-25T14:44:24.928+01:00I'm with Jeremy on this one. I rather enjoyed ...I'm with Jeremy on this one. I rather enjoyed the rapier like wit with which he tore into this classic and rather tragic example of meaningless political guff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-24746945042869296702009-09-25T11:09:30.628+01:002009-09-25T11:09:30.628+01:00And how does the post attempt to influence the cou...And how does the post attempt to influence the course of events? There’s not one positive editorial suggestion in the post. Just sniggering.<br /><br />As for the subject of the posting being a waste of money with no measurable outcome, surely raising the profile of IP with senior decision makers and having them actively endorse some basic principles about the future direction of WIPO and IP (even if a bit broad-brushed) is a good thing. Have you any better ideas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-85844950730648057162009-09-25T10:39:24.911+01:002009-09-25T10:39:24.911+01:00Anonymous: It's not so much the language of th...Anonymous: It's not so much the language of the press release that the Kat gets angry about, but rather the waste of time and money that it seeks to disguise. For goodness' sake, this is public money that is being spent -- that's your money and mine -- with little or nothing in terms of any measurable benefit. <br /><br />If you don't like the tone of my post, just give me some advice: how do you seek to influence the course of events in this world?Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-53386279381212878452009-09-25T10:07:00.767+01:002009-09-25T10:07:00.767+01:00Is this IPKat's most snarky posting yet? What...Is this IPKat's most snarky posting yet? What happened to commenting on events in IP rather than taking part in teenage-like sniggering at the language of a press release?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com