Advocating for a world where intellectual
property law serves the public interest.
[Muhammad Zaheer Abbas] The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 4.6 million lives and caused significant economic harm. The Coronavirus is still circulating to cause further damage. In this context, this research paper argues that Canada’s political choices have restrained the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
BlindSA and SECTION27 welcome an order of the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng, Pretoria Division) declaring that the Copyright Act of 1978 is invalid for violating the rights of people who are blind or visually impaired. The case BlindSA v Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (and others) was heard on the unopposed roll before Judge Mbongwe yesterday 21
[Olga Gurgula] This policy brief explains that the currently discussed proposals at the WTO related to increasing the production of COVID-19 vaccines, including the EU proposal to clarify the use of compulsory licensing and the submission by South Africa and India on the intellectual property (IP) waiver, require complementary mechanisms to rapidly improve the production of COVID-19 vaccines that are
[Sean Flynn, Lucie Guibault, Christian Handke, Joan-Josep Vallbé, Michael Palmedo, Carys J. Craig, Michael Geist, and João Quintais] We are grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Canadian Government’s consultation on a modern copyright framework for AI and the Internet of Things. Below, we present some of our research findings relating to the importance of flexibility in copyright law
[Daniel Kiat Boon Seng] Abstract: International copyright instruments allow member states of WIPO to make various education-related limitations and exceptions to copyright. To better inform international policy-making in this area, it is instructive to examine how various member states have, in their national copyright legislation, enabled the use of works for education, given the nature and breadth of modern-day education.
InternetLab, Fundación Karisma, and the Ford Foundation would like to invite you to a workshop session on copyright and the digital economy held on October 28 and 29 as part of the 2021 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest’s #IPWEEK2021. In line with the Global Congress mandate of bridging research and advocacy, the workshop will provide participants
Posts by Category
- Video
- User Rights Network
- US Domestic Policies
- US Domestic Legislation
- Transparency
- Trade Agreements
- Takedown
- Trade Disputes
- Trademark
- Round-up
- Regional Fora
- Surveys and Data
- Positive Agenda
- Patent Pledges
- Open
- News
- Multilateral Fora
- Limitations and Exceptions
- IP & Research
- IP and Human Rights
- Industry Initiatives
- Flagged
- Fair Use
- Events
- Empirical Research
- Document Library
- Coronavirus
- Brazil
- Blog
- Bilateral Trade Pressures
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI
- Africa Group Work Plan Proposal
- Africa: Copyright & Public Interest
- Access to Medicine
- Academic Resources