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[Memorandum Endorsed by Seven Civil Society Groups] A broad collection of civil society organizations, including the representatives of thousands of libraries and over 30 million teachers, sent a letter to country delegates of the World Intellectual Property Organization criticizing the draft Broadcasting Treaty being considered by member states next week. At issue is the draft treaty’s limitations and exceptions clause,
New copyright legislation will be the first government implementation of policy for the fourth industrial revolution in SA. The Copyright Amendment Bill of 2017 before the president for signature features copyright flexibilities needed for SA to benefit from the fourth industrial revolution. These will free SA entrepreneurs to develop innovative techniques of data analysis without holdup from copyright holders, to
A panel of leading international law experts addressed how international and domestic copyright law can adapt to the needs of researchers, libraries, technology entrepreneurs and their users at the American Branch of the International Law Association at Fordham Law School, New York, on Saturday October 12. The panel addressed International Intellectual Property Law in the Age of Smart Technology and
Abstract ... How have emerging economies influenced the mandate, structure and activities of WIPO? What are the positive and negative impacts of these economies? Has their arrival transformed the U.N. specialized agency? Tackling these questions in turn, this chapter begins by describing the changing landscape in the international intellectual property regime. It then explores the emerging economies’ impacts on WIPO
The opinion was prepared by advocates Susannah Cowen SC, Jonathan Berger, and Mehluli Nxumalo. Counsel were requested to consider whether there is any impediment to the President signing and assenting to the Bill, in light of various objections that have been raised by third parties. Counsel conclude that the objections that have been raised do not constitute any impediment to
[Kanaga Raja] The current model of medical innovation is ill-equipped to respond to the increasing emergence of infectious diseases amongst others, South Africa has underscored, in calling on WTO members to share their experiences of how TRIPS flexibilities have been used to address high prices and barriers on access to medical technologies and medicines.
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