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IP Reveries: Class 2 – Interrogating the I – ‘Intelligence’ in IPR

[Lokesh Vyas and Swaraj Paul Barooah] I What’s in a name! In the last class, we essayed to examine the term IPR and saw how wide this umbrella opens. Given that the term “I.P.R.” is often the beginning of misunderstandings about the subject, the next few classes will seek to unravel the subconscious framework that these comprising words may have
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Excerpt: CCIA Comments to USTR on the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade

[CCIA] A flexible copyright regime is necessary for the continued growth of the digital economy. Principles such as fair use are a cornerstone of U.S. copyright law, and industries that rely on this right are a significant contributor to the U.S. economy and exports. CCIA released a report in 2017 on the economic contribution of fair use industries which found
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Trading Intellectual Property Rights in Europe: From IP Nationalism to International IP

[Aurora Plomer] Abstract: ...This article’s original contribution to the existing scholarship is twofold. It shows that European States viewed patents as legal shields against foreign industrial piracy spurred by international trade fairs aimed at showcasing national industrial power and the capture of new markets. Secondly, it documents the legal malleability and indeterminacy of patent rights and the role of courts
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IP Reveries – An Introduction & Class 1 – IPR: A Tantalising Term or Troubling Terminology?

[Lokesh Vyas and Swaraj Paul Barooah] Intellectual Property Rights – a fascinating ‘subject’ that inadvertently touches upon so many aspects of our day to day life, whether we’re conscious of it or not. A few decades ago, even most lawyers wouldn’t have been able to clearly explain what a patent is. Fast forward to today, and while there’s still plenty
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The COVID-19 TRIPS Waiver and the WTO Ministerial Decision

[Peter Yu] Abstract: .. This chapter traces the TRIPS waiver debate from the submission of the original proposal by India and South Africa in October 2020 to the final adoption of the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement in June 2022. The chapter further evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of this newly adopted decision, comparing it with the earlier TRIPS
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U.S. Copyright Office Finds That Ancillary Copyright May Violate the Berne Quotation Right

[Jonathan Band] The U.S. Copyright Office’s recently released study Copyright Protections for Press Publishers raises serious questions about the compatibility of ancillary copyright regimes with international copyright treaty obligations. The Copyright Office conducted the study at the request of members of Congress to assess the viability of establishing ancillary copyright protections in the United States similar to protections now being
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