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[Sean Flynn] The proposal to reach an agreement on a TRIPS waiver is a bit of a misnomer since it largely affirms and adds new requirements to TRIPS rather than waive its provisions. The proposal fails to accept the requests of researchers and access to knowledge organizations that the waiver extend to all intellectual property for vaccines, treatments and devices
[Electronic Information for Libraries] A video is now available of the the March 3 webinar on AI, Big Data and TDM, which was hosted by the Kenya Copyright Board in cooperation with Electric Information for Libraries, the Kenya Libraries and Information Consortium and the Right to Research in International Copyright Law project.
Last week, the Africa Group has submitted a proposal for a Draft Work Program on Exceptions and Limitations to WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and RElated Rights (SCCR). It was submitted in for discussion at the upcoming SCCR meeting in May. The proposal asks SCCR to "continue to work towards an appropriate international legal instrument or instruments (whether model law,
[Teresa Nobre] COMMUNIA and Wikimedia Deutschland held a panel discussion on February 15th to discuss whether the new mandatory exceptions in the EU Copyright Directive could serve as a model to solve some of the most pressing international-level problems around education and research. The event started with Marco Giorello, the Head of the Copyright Unit at DG CONNECT of the
[Dr. Alexander Beyleveld] Almost two years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are still far from bringing the pandemic to an end. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that large vaccine inequities remain worldwide. In order to address this problem, a large subset of World Trade Organization (WTO) members are in
[South Centre] It is startling that almost no discussion exists on the direct monetary costs for countries of the IP international regulatory framework. Indeed, on top of the inherent costs on ´access´ or ´learning´ abilities, there are some important tangible, measurable, direct monetary costs to countries. These costs are the financial payments that occur simply for the use of intellectual
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