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South Centre News: Unresolved Tensions on the Impact of Intellectual Property and the Role of WIPO at the 2024 Assemblies

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Gilead Must Commit to Immediately and Broadly License Lenacapavir to the MPP and ViiV Must Take Steps to Expand and Unshroud its MPP License on Dolutegravir

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Africa Group Members Call for Action on Limitations and Exceptions

Sean Flynn July 24, 2024 GENEVA. The Africa Group of countries at the World Intellectual Property Organization criticised the slow pace of action on copyright limitations and exceptions in the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). Their comments were made at the review of the SCCR at this year’s meeting of the General […]

COMMUNIA Association’s Policy Paper on the right to license and own digital materials

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GA Adopts Mandatory “Request” for Two SCCR Meetings in 2025 

Sean Flynn, Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property July 17, 2024 In the waning hours of July 16th, the WIPO General Assembly adopted a “request” of the Director General for two meetings of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR): “The WIPO General Assembly … (iii) Took note of the request […]

Who Decides on Meeting Schedules for WIPO Standing Committees?

Sean Flynn, Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property July 16, 2024 A technical legal dispute has arisen in WIPO in relation to the number of meetings that should be held of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) and who has the power to make this decision. The Secretariat and its […]