190. The Chairman said that no communications on this matter had been received from Members. He recalled that, at its meeting in March 2002, the Secretariat had been requested to update its factual background note on intellectual property and electronic commerce circulated in document IP/C/W/128 in February 1999. The representative of the Secretariat informed the Council that, due to the heavy workload and shortage of staff resources, it had been necessary to postpone the preparation of the updated background note.
