Authors: Hannah Brennan, Amy Kapczynski, Christine H. Monahan, and Zain Rizvi Abstract: High drug prices are creating serious health and fiscal problems in the United States today. This reality is vividly illustrated by recently approved medicines to treat Hepatitis C.…
Author: Matthew Sag Abstract: This Article shows how the substantive balance of copyright law has been overshadowed online by the system of intermediary safe harbors enacted as part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) in 1998. The Internet safe…
South Centre Research Paper No. 70 Author: Carlos M. Correa The incorporation of intellectual property into trade agreements has not proven to bring about the promised benefits. The premises that have underpinned the global strengthening and expansion of intellectual property…
Authors: Neil Butcher, Sarah Hoosen, Lisbeth Levey, and Derek Moore Summary: Developing early literacy requires access to structured decodable texts and levelled readers, an array of supplementary reading materials (SRMs), and teachers trained in literacy development methods and teaching in…
Author: Amy Adler Abstract: Twenty-five years ago, in a seminal article in the Harvard Law Review, Judge Leval changed the course of copyright jurisprudence by introducing the concept of “transformativeness” into fair use law. Soon thereafter, the Supreme Court embraced…
Authors: Joel Lexchin and Deborah Gleeson Abstract: The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a large regional trade agreement involving 12 countries. It was signed in principle in February 2016 but has not yet been ratified in any of the participating countries.…
Author: Abhishek Nagaraj Abstract: While digitization projects like Google Books have dramatically increased access to information, this study examines how the ability to reuse digital information and diffuse knowledge to a wider audience critically depends on features of copyright law.…
Author: Elena Izyumenko Abstract: This paper analyses the influence of the right to freedom of expression and information on European copyright law in the digital context. Drawing on the practice of the two major European courts – the European Court…
Author: Carlos Correa Abstract: The boundaries between scientific and technological knowledge are nebulous in some technical fields, such as the biological sciences and their applications. This has led to the appropriation under patents of knowledge (such as on specific genes)…
Author: Tito Rendas Abstract: In the context of national proceedings opposing the Dutch Association of Public Libraries and the collective management organization Stichting Leenrecht, the District Court of The Hague referred a question about the interpretation of articles 1(1), 2(1)(b),…
Sergey Filippov and Paul Hofheinz Excerpt from Text and Data Mining for Research and Innovation Lisbon Council (CC-BY-NC-SA), Click here for the full paper On 09 December 2015, the European Commission proposed a mandatory exception for research in EU copyright…
Authors: Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Adam Jaffe, and Elizabeth Webster Abstract: Low-quality patents are of considerable concern to businesses operating in patent-dense markets. There are two pathways by which low-quality patents may be issued: the patent office may apply systematically a…