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[Joint statement endorsed by 11 Kenyan Civil Society Organizations] This statement is in reference to the Statement on the Kenya – United States First Round of the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership Talks... without endorsing the negotiations, we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Ministry for ensuring that intellectual property is not one of the identified areas
Interested in learning more about research as a human right? In this informative video, Professor Flynn gives a conceptual overview of research as a human right in international copyright. Further, he sheds light on the human rights aspect of the right to research and how it differs from a type of exception to copyright. He continues to flush out how
[Electronic Information for Libraries] Access to knowledge for millions of people around the world who are blind or otherwise print disabled continued to grow in 2022 with eight more countries - including three EIFL partner countries - joining the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities, administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
[Michael Geist] Canadian copyright lobby groups have relentlessly lobbied the government to overturn decades of Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence, seeking unprecedented restrictions on fair dealing that include eliminating it for educational institutions if a licence is available. In doing so, they have relied on a steady diet of misleading claims about the state of the law, the licensing practices
[Andrés Izquierdo] The last WIPO-IGC discussions focused on the beneficiaries and the role of nation-states and other entities regarding TK/TCEs. The main results included broadening the definition of beneficiaries, including a proposed Chair’s TK/TCE text to advance progress on the negotiations – the Zero Draft, and the newly created small contact groups. The Session also included additional facilitators’ text proposals,
[Faith Mutizira] Without treatment, Cystic Fibrosis patients often die in infancy, and their life expectancy is just 20 years in South Africa... A new class of medicines has revolutionised treatment and significantly extended the life expectancy of patients in several high-income countries. However, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, an American company, holds intellectual property (IP) monopolies on all of these drugs – known
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