World Intellectual Property Organization 34th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights May 3, 2017 Chair: You and I are from countries that have educational exceptions that are open to the use of any...
Read MoreThere is increasing attention in international trade and copyright forums to the question of how international law should protect and promote copyright user rights. I presented the following options at this year’s Creative...
Read MoreOriginally posted Nov 29, updated Dec 5, 2016 A Copyright Amendment Bill will be tabled in Parliament by the South African government proposing to reform the current system of copyright law in the country to include a “fair use”...
Read MoreSenior copyright industry experts described the Trans Pacific Partnership and other recent free trade agreements as likely setting a “high water mark” for intellectual property commitments in trade agreements. The statements...
Read MoreReports from the WTO Public Forum held last week highlights a notable shift in the World Trade Organization toward an E-Commerce Agenda. The issue appears likely to be addressed substantively in the 2017 Ministerial Conference....
Read MoreA workshop hosted by Electronic Frontier Foundation discussed the opportunity to use any WTO engagement with E-Commerce rules to expand transparency and participation processes for internet companies and users, academics and the...
Read MoreI am speaking on behalf of the American University Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. And I speak as an educator myself and also on behalf of a larger network that I coordinate called the Global Expert...
Read MoreIntellectual property scholars and researchers from prominent universities in the U.S., Canada and Australia have released a submission to the Australian Productivity Commission strongly criticizing a report by...
Read MoreThis reply comment responds to key questions that we were asked of us and others at the Special 301 hearing. Flexible Exceptions Work in Developing Countries I was asked in the hearing to comment on the proposition that flexible...
Read MoreJoint Submission by Sean Flynn, Cynthia Ho, David Levine, Gabriel Levitt, Heesob Nam, Alina Ng, and Andrew Rens This statement calls on the High-Level Panel to promote policy coherence in the international intellectual property,...
Read MoreJoint Special 301 Comment by Professors Michael Birnhack, Peter Jaszi, David Levine, Srividhya Ragavan, and Lea Shaver; and civil society organizations Public Knowledge and the Karisma Foundation. The first part of this...
Read MoreFlynn, S. (2015). Copyright legal and practical reform for the South African film industry. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 16, 38-47. Abstract: Copyright’s interest in promoting creative production...
Read MoreThe Chairs of the User Rights Track of the 2015 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest adopted the following final plenary statement: Through the past four Global Congresses we have re-energized a...
Read MoreStatement of Sean Flynn, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: Thirty-First Session December 7-11, 2015 (Geneva, Switzerland) Thank you for recognizing me on...
Read MoreToday’s release of the TPP agreement confirms that its Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) chapter would expand the rights of private companies to challenge limitations and exceptions to copyrights, patents, and other...
Read MoreAs U.S. organizations and academics interested in issues related to good governance and transparency, we write to urge you to match the level of openness embarked upon by your counterpart from the European Union and make...
Read MoreThe negotiating parties to the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) announced today that they have reached an agreement on a broad international regulatory harmonization agreement that will bind the U.S. to a new set of...
Read MoreUSTR has reportedly tabled a new provision for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) that would carve out tobacco regulation from the effect of its investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) chapter, which allows private...
Read MoreLetter from South African and American Academics to Ms Meshendri Padayachi South Africa Department of Trade and Industry – Joint Academic Comment (PDF) – Accompanying Table (PDF) We write in response to your request...
Read MoreA workshop of academics and stakeholders on Internet Rights, Cultural Development and Balancing Features in South African Copyright Reform commended South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for its public release of...
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