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  • Joined: February 8, 2011
  • Articles: 80

PIJIP Professor Carroll Co-authors National Academies of Science Report: Open Science by Design

PIJIP Director Michael Carroll served on an ad hoc committee under the N.A.S. Board on Research Data and Information which has completed a study on the challenges of broadening access to the results of scientific research, described as “open science.” The study, Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research, will be formally released on Tuesday, July 17 at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Keck Center.

South Africa Seminar to Focus on Impact of User Rights in Copyright Reform

On May 8, Professor Sean Flynn will release the latest PIJIP report - The User Rights Database: Measuring the Impact of Copyright Balance at a public lecture at University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. The report is being released as the South Africa Parliament deliberates on a copyright amendment bill that includes a proposal to adopt a new open and flexible general exception modeled on the US fair use clause.

American University Announces Developing Country Scholarships for IP in the Multilateral System Course

American University has announced a limited number of full-tuition scholarships for official delegates of the missions of developing countries to attend a three-week training on Intellectual Property in the Multilateral System June 25 - July 13, 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland. The course is coordinated by American University Washington College of Law and includes lectures and exercises with officials at multiple UN agencies.

PIJIP Letter to Colombian Government on Art. 14 of the Proposed Copyright Reform

... We write today to offer our views on Article 14 of the proposed Copyright reform dealing with limitations and exceptions. Our central concern is that Colombia take advantage of the flexibility in the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement to adopt a general public interest limitation and exception that can authorize future uses of copyright content that might not be envisioned today but that nevertheless would be fair under the standards of all international copyright laws.

U.S., Canadian & Mexican Law Professors, Academics and Policy Experts: NAFTA Must Include Fair Use, Safe Harbors

Update – November 20: The statement of principles for copyright balance in trade agreements is now available in both English and French WASHINGTON – Today, over seventy international copyright law experts called for NAFTA and other trade negotiators to support a set…