Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) will launch its newIntellectual Property Guidelines for Business worldwide on 17 October. A special launch event will be held in Strasbourg at the EU Conference on Industrial Property Rights. A second launch will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 21 October at the First Arab Consumer and Brand Protection Forum, Arab Protect 2008.
ICC coorganized a successful panel session together with the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) on the occasion of the 2008 WTO Public Forum, held at World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva on 24-25 September 2008.
ICC’s World Chambers Federation has released the themes of its 6th World Chambers Congress plenary sessions.
Business leaders from Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP), an initiative of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), today welcomed news that the European Council has established a European Observatory on Counterfeiting.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held their first joint intellectual property (IP) workshop for chambers of commerce and other business support organizations on 15-16 September.
INTA and ICC BASCAP attend public meeting on ACTA
The International Trademark Association (INTA) and representatives from ICC's Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) initiative participated in a public meeting organized by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) today. They called on all negotiating governments of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to work towards significantly strengthening international guidelines and standards that would lead to more effective national intellectual property (IP) enforcement regimes.
The ICC Committee on Maritime Transport strongly condemns the recent violent attacks on merchant ships by pirates operating in Somali waters, particularly in the Gulf of Aden. The attacks are significantly increasing in number and intensity.
Two hostages held by Somali pirates have been freed by a French military operation after more than two weeks held captive.
ICC’s World Chambers Federation has announced categories for its 2009 World Chambers Competition.
Several members of the International Chamber of Commerce and its Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) initiative are among the names of business representatives who have been appointed to lend business expertise to the planning of the upcoming, UN-linked Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
The Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has issued the following press release:
Following a month that has seen seven vessels hijacked in the region, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has issued a fresh piracy warning to all vessels sailing in the Gulf of Aden.
The ICC/Ifo global climate index in July fell for the fourth consecutive quarter in a row since sentiment became downbeat last summer, recording its lowest level since 2001.
As members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in coming months submit new offers for services liberalization in the Doha Trade Round, ICC signaled that any final deal must include a willingness to open up financial services markets.
Thanks to sponsorship from the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, nine ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) members attended the American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) convention here from 30 July to 2 August.
The ICC Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) has uncovered a suspicious oil transaction worth approximately USD 30 million.
ICC’s World Chambers Federation (WCF) lent its strong support to the Junior Chamber International’s involvement with the UN Global Compact at JCI’s annual summit here on 28 and 29 July.
ICC’s Commission on E-Business, IT and Telecoms (EBITT) and Task Force on Internet nd Telecoms Infrastructure and Services (ITIS) today called for greater business participation in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is undergoing transformation.
“We see a need for deeper engagement by business people and for a wider array of business perspectives so broader business interests are taken into account,” said Gordon Moir, Chair of the ITIS task force and General Counsel at BT Retail.
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has uncovered a series of spurious timber shipments, which allegedly originated in Southeast Asia.
Recent research conducted by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has uncovered a series of highly suspicious transactions in the cement trade.