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During the Education International (EI) 8th World Congress, affiliated educators’ unions in Australia and the European Union issued a statement calling for the Australian government and the European Commission to be more transparent in ongoing negotiations on the potential free trade agreement and to explicitly carve out education from the negotiations.
This morning, Recreate ZA, in partnership with Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Wits Library, Wiser and the UCT IP Unit hosted an event titled: Decolonising Copyright, Building our Creative & Information Economy. Speakers included Ruth L. Okediji, Ben Cashdan, Justice Zak Yacoob, Daniel Mashao, and Mugwena Maluleke.
Abstract: On 17 May 2019 the official version of the new Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market was published. This marks the end of a controversial legislative process at EU level. It also marks the beginning of what will surely be a contentious process of national implementation. This article provides an overview and critical examination
Recreate ZA, in partnership with Wits Library, Wiser, UCT IP Unit and the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property will be hosting a series of panel discussions on the 7th and 8th of August, at Wits and UCT respectivel... At this event, a number of development scholars and experts, including Ruth Okediji, Adam Habib, Justice Zak Yacoob, Tshilidzi Marwala
Today Microsoft released three draft data sharing agreements for comment. They are intended to help individuals and organizations share data in order to “address some of society’s biggest challenges and help individuals and organizations be more innovative, efficient, and productive.” The agreements are crafted with an eye towards use in the context of training artificial intelligence models.
[World Intellectual Property Organization] Now in its 12th edition, the GII is a global benchmark that helps policy makers better understand how to stimulate and measure innovative activity, a main driver of economic and social development. The GII 2019 ranks 129 economies based on 80 indicators, from traditional measurements like research and development investments and international patent and trademark applications
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