[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”1px|||||” min_height=”696.9px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”0px|||||” custom_margin=”-77px|||||”] In July 2024, the African Union Executive Council endorsed “The Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy,”…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”-94px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”] The South Centre has published an analysis of the 65th series of meetings of the Assemblies of…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”-97px|||||”] A new policy paper by the European digital rights organization, COMMUNIA, argues that “access rights” should be…

James Love and Claire Cassedy, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) The basic proposal for an international legal instrument relating to intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources prepared by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Secretariat (GRATK/DC/3)…

Denise Nicholson, a Copyright consultant at Scholarly Horizons, contends that criticism of a Copyright Amendment Bill in South Africa is misguided and harms authors and creators. She believes that the Bill contains some of the world’s most progressive copyright provisions,…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”-52px|||||”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”-35px|||||”] Edtech platforms play an increasing role in higher education, affecting academic labour, complicating academic ownership of…

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] Carolina Botero’s recent paper, “Latin American AI Strategies Can Tackle Copyright as a Legal Risk for…

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet examined the standards and policy considerations that should be applied to whether IP protection should be given to inventions (patents) or creative…

In a recent paper on the copyright issues emerging with the rise of generative AI, Christophe Geiger delves into how copyright laws should evolve from a human rights perspective. He advocates for copyright law which centers human creativity and creators,…

Desmond Oriakhogba recently published a set of suggestions for amendments to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Good Practice Toolkit for Collective Management Organisations 2021 (CMO Toolkit) through American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. The suggestions are intended…

European Union lawmakers recently gave final approval to the Artificial Intelligence Act, or “AI Act,” in a 71-8 vote with 7 abstentions. The AI Act is the first of its kind, and could influence other governments’ efforts to regulate AI…

A recent paper proposed a series of private-law-centered solutions to overcome data lockout in situations where digital platforms are using contract law to prevent the use of data for research purposes. Although companies generally lack IP rights over the data…