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Last week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa returned the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers' Protection Amendment Bill back to Parliament for further consideration. The legislation had been passed by the National Assembly and sent to the President to be signed into law, but it had generated strong opposition from rightholder groups, including those in the U.S. such as the
[Sara Bannerman] Abstract: Abstract: The UN’s Agenda for Sustainable Development is being taken up throughout the international system, including at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This article examines WIPO’s approach to the sustainable development agenda in light of its past approaches to development.
[Zeleke Temesgen Boru] Abstract: ... Even though the race to develop these technologies can be hailed as a pivotal undertaking, the development of health technologies alone may not expedite equitable access to the outcome of such development. Particularly, the lack of access to health technologies may befall if the conventional model of health technology pricing, which is derived from monopoly
[Jonathan Band] The documents provided to Knowledge Ecology International in response to its Freedom of Information Act request to the U.S. Trade Representative concerning the South African Copyright Amendment Bill (“CAB”) led to the discovery of a set of comments on the draft bill prepared by Michele Woods, Director of the Copyright Law Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
[Ken Shadlen] The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a global race of public- and private-led research to develop vaccines and treatments. Will patents hinder access to the products it generates? ... With regard to treatments (the dynamics around vaccines may differ), access problems will mainly affect middle-income countries. While low-income countries will likely receive drugs at discounted prices, and with governments
[Laurence R. Helfer, Molly K. Land, and Ruth L. Okediji] Abstract: This article reviews state ratification and implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty since its conclusion in 2013. We find that most states have adhered closely to the Treaty’s text, thus creating a de facto global template of exceptions and limitations that has increasingly enabled individuals with print disabilities, libraries and
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