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Standard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert One of the topics that were discussed at the 14th session of the Advisory Committee on Enforcement was building respect for intellectual property.  On that topic we heard presentations by, and received handouts from, Rajiv Aggarwal of India, Hedvig Bengston of Norway, Maya Al'Azri of Oman,  Ray Augusto Meloni García of Peru and Liliana Vieru of Moldova. For our entertainment and education, the WIPO secretariat erected a little video lounge called the ACE cinema which showed anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting videos like "Knock off Nigel" which was one of the most amusing.  I particularly love the expression on Nigel's face as his girlfriend dumps the "watch that he found in the street" in his beer,  There were other "Knock off Nigel" videos including one from the office . Although the "Knock off Nigel" films were witty, not everybody liked them,  In  "Why I Hate the Knock off Nigel A

The WIPO © 2004 Jane Lambert: all rights reserved Jane Lambert WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement 14th Session 2 - 4 Sept 2019 The World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO")  is a specialist agency of the United Nations with 192 member states. Its mission is "to lead the development of a balanced and effective international IP system that enables innovation and creativity for the benefit of all." Its mandate, governing body and procedures are set out in the WIPO Convention  to which the British government is a party. One of the WIPO's services is alternative dispute resolution  through arbitration,   mediation  and domain name dispute resolution  and I have been one of its panellists since 2003.  Every year the domain name dispute resolution panellists are invited to Geneva for a day of continuing professional development training.  I have attended every session since 2005 (see Needled in Geneva   18 Oct 2005 NIPC Law).