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Trade Associations Write USPTO in Opposition to WIPO Broadcast Treaty

Six trade associations have written Mary Critharis, Director of the USPTO's Office of Policy and International Affairs, urging the U.S. delegation to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to oppose the Broadcast Treaty. The treaty is under debate this week at WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. The letter explains that "a rights-based broadcasting treaty is unnecessary and
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US ITC Investigation on Whether to Extend TRIPS Waiver Is Accepting Comments Through Friday, March 17

[Mike Palmedo] The U.S. International Trade Commission is writing a report (requested by USTR) investigating "whether to extend flexibilities under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics." It is seeking comments from all interested parties on this question and a broad set of sub-questions related to TRIPS
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Public Interest Analysis of the WIPO SCCR 43 Agenda

[Sean Flynn] I submit the following comments on limitations and exceptions issues in agenda items for the 43rd Meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights... The current draft of the Broadcast Treaty continues to raise important public interest concerns. Although the mandate of the Committee is to work on a “signal based” approach,
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Nobody Puts Research In a Cage: Researchers’ Perspectives on Working With Copyright

[Teresa Nobre, Maria Drabczyk, Eric Luth, Deborah De Angelis, and Maja Bogataj] Introduction: Access to Knowledge is key to the fundamental Right to Research. Resources used in the context of scientific research are often protected by copyright and related rights, and right holders can prohibit their use for research purposes. Researchers rely on copyright exceptions and limitations to access, use
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Right to Research and Copyright Law in Kenya: Text and Data Mining

[Chebet Koros, Joshua Kitili, Cynthia Nzuki and Natasha Karanja] ...The Strathmore University Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law carried out a study to determine the relationship between Kenya’s technology and copyright legal framework that affect the use of TDM research. It had four specific targets: to determine if Kenya’s technology policy promotes technology, learning, and research; to understand
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Understanding the Functioning of EU Geographical Indications

[Andrea Zappalaglio] This contribution investigates the functioning of the EU sui generis Geographical Indication (GI) system, with a specific focus on the regime for the protection of agricultural products and foodstuffs within the scope of EU Regulation 1151/2012. In particular, based on the results of the recent “Study on the Functioning of the EU Geographical Indications System” of the Max
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