The NOODL license: Licensing African datasets to support research and AI in the Global South
Who has the ability to take language data from African communities and develop an AI tool? Anyone...
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Highlights from the USCO Report on the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy (Part 1: Output Phase)
Luca Schirru About the Report In February 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released the report “Identifying the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy: Context and Direction for Economic Research”,...
Read MoreEducational exceptions in Copyright Amendment Bill are mandated by international law and the Constitution
By Faranaaz Veriava and Anne Marie Strohwald The Constitutional Court [in South Africa] will on 21 and 22 May 2025 hear submissions relating to the constitutionality of the Copyright Amendment Bill that has been in the making...
Read MoreCounterfeit Concerns or Development Disconnect? A Look at the UK Proposal at CDIP/34
Sean Flynn and Andres Izquierdo A debate broke out at the 34th session of WIPO’s Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) about a proposal from the United Kingdom on “Development of Strategies and Tools to...
Read MoreLimitations and Exceptions in the U.S. Special 301 Report 2025
Sean Flynn, Lokesh Vyas and Luca Schirru The first Special 301 Report under the Trump Administration was released last month: 2025 Special 301 Report (final).pdf. The report always gives insight into the administration’s...
Read MoreThe Importance of Copyright Exceptions for Teachers and Learners
by Dr. Mugwena Maluleke, President of Education International (EI) and General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) “The right to education is a fundamental human right. Our teachers...
Read MoreLegislative Initiatives on Copyright in Brazil in 2024
Allan Rocha de Souza;1 Luca Schirru;2 Leon Queiroz Ramos3 In Brazil, 2024 has been quite eventful regarding copyright, with the debate seemingly returning to center stage. The Senate’s approval of Bill 2338/23 (AI Bill)...
Read MoreThe (Long) Road to the Broadcast Treaty: A Brief History
Lokesh Vyas; Luca Schirru; Sean Flynn Members of the research team from the Program of Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP)’ Geneva Center published a “Documentary History of the Broadcast Treaty in the...
Read MoreDeveloping Countries’ Accomplishments in the WIPO Design Law Treaty
Sean Flynn and Luca Schirru Last year, two new intellectual property treaties were adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization — one on the disclosure of uses of genetic resources in patent applications and a...
Read MoreG20 Final Declaration
Allan Rocha de Souza [1] and Luca Schirru [2] On November 18 and 19, the G20 highest representatives met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when they issued the 2024 conclusive document of the Brazilian Presidency, the Leaders of the...
Read MorePerspectives from the ABPI (Brazilian Intellectual Property Association) Forum on AI and IP
By: Luca Schirru [1] and Allan Rocha de Souza [2] On December 11, 2024, the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property (ABPI) organized and hosted the Forum “Decoding Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” in São...
Read MoreBrazil Urges Stronger Enforcement Mechanisms for AI and IP Rights
Brazil’s statement at WIPO CDIP 33 emphasized AI’s transformative potential in IP while highlighting challenges like copyright violations and the need for fair remuneration. Advocating for global governance and legislative...
Read MoreCopyright, Cultural Rights and Research in the “Salvador da Bahia Declaration of the G20 Ministers of Culture”
Allan Rocha de Souza [1] and Luca Schirru [2] On November 18 and 19, the G20 highest representatives met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when they issued the 2024 conclusive document of the Brazilian Presidency, the Leaders of the...
Read MoreUS Department of Agriculture Addresses Research Access to Patented Seeds
By Luca Schirru On October 8, 2024, the USDA released a series of documents providing information on research activities involving patent seeds, which aimed at guiding researchers and other stakeholders through the intricate...
Read MoreThe right to research in Africa
By Desmond Oriakhogba “African researchers continue to face information-access barriers owing to copyright exclusivity preserved by the global copyright system that is designed and skewed towards protecting rights holders’...
Read MoreUpdates on Research in the Brazilian AI Bill
By: Allan Rocha de Souza [1] and Luca Schirru [2] Brazil began taking its first steps toward AI regulation around 2018. By 2019, new legislative proposals emerged, with a sharper focus on AI; however, none addressed...
Read MoreVideo on the Design Law Treaty and Disclosure of Traditional Knowledge & Genetic Resources – Margo Bagley
In the negotiations of a Design Law Treaty, there is considerable debate on whether countries will be able to ensure disclosure of Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources which might have...
Read MoreAcademic Publishers Face Lawsuit Over Anti-Competitive Practices
A lawsuit filed against six major academic publishers alleges that restrictive practices that maximize profits at the expense of scholars and the public violate U.S. antirust laws (see Reuters). The publishers named as...
Read MoreDisclaiming Designs: A Comment on the “Dotted Lines” Issue in the WIPO Design Law Treaty by Professor Sarah Burstein
In this blog post, leading Design Law Professor Sarah Burstein argues that the negotiating draft of the WIPO Design Law Treaty contains a little noticed provision, buried in its “regulations,” that attempts to harmonize a key...
Read MoreInitiative Urheberrecht Argues that AI Training is Copyright Infringement in Presentation to the European Parliament
A study by German authors’ group, Initiative Urheberrecht, argues that AI training falls outside the scope of the EU’s exception for uses of copyrighted material for text and data mining and that distributing such an AI model...
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