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A Primer and FAQ on Copyright Law and Generative AI for News Media

[João Pedro Quintais and Nick Diakopoulos] From the perspective of authors and copyright holders, there is a clear concern that generative AI tools are built on the unauthorized and non-remunerated use of their works, while at the same time negatively impacting their livelihood. At the same time, it is also noted that these tools benefit many artists and content creators,
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Sens. Jayapal, Warren Call on Patent Office to Take Critical Steps to Lower Drug Prices and Fight Big Pharma’s Patent Abuse

[Office of Senator Pramila Jayapal] U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Kathi Vidal, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), calling on USPTO to take immediate action and use its existing administrative authorities to help lower drug prices and hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for anti-competitive business practices. The
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PIJIP’s Right to Research Project on World IP Day

[Sean Flynn] Today, on WIPO’s World IP Day, the Right to Research project is participating in two launches of products on text and data mining in Africa. Andres Izquierdo is at the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property supporting the African Group and their proposal of a pilot project on copyright and text and data mining for research institutions...
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On the Appeal of Drug Patent Challenges

[Charles Duan] Abstract: ... In this Article, I review the universe of administrative challenges on drug patents that have proceeded through appeal to the Federal Circuit. I find that a large fraction of patents challenged this way are deemed unpatentable at both the agency and appellate levels, and that administrative cancellation of drug patents correlates closely with subsequent generic drug
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STEPS FORWARD FOR COPYRIGHT EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT THE WIPO SCCR 43 AGENDA

[Deborah De Angelis] From March 13th to 17th, 2023, the 43rd meeting of the WIPO SCCR was held in Geneva, where significant advancements have been achieved by the Committee with the adoption of a work program on exceptions and limitations based on the Proposal by the African Group for a Draft Work Program on Exceptions and Limitations (SCCR/43/8). The program
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A Great Week at WIPO

[Teresa Hackett] The 43rd session of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), that sets international copyright law and policy, took place in Geneva from 13 - 17 March 2023. More than 35 civil society advocates from five continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America), members of the recently formed coalition on Access to Knowledge (A2K), participated
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