Excluding Intellectual Property from Bilateral Trade and Investment...
[Christophe Geiger] Abstract: This chapter critically analyses the inclusion of intellectual property (IP) in the investment chapters of free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties as well...
View ArticleFinally, Something to Look Forward to at WIPO
[Teresa Nobre] As the summer approaches, we are taking stock of the latest developments in copyright policy debates. The scene-stealer “Generative AI” is prompting a copyright comeback in the EU...
View ArticleColombia Changes Its Position on the Budget at WIPO
[Carolina Botero] Keeping track of the budgets of entities is boring, but it is key because it defines what is funded and what is not. Last week the Member countries of the World Intellectual Property...
View ArticleWhat AI Can Teach Us About Copyright and Fair Use
[Brandon Butler] The past six months or so have seen the seemingly sudden appearance of several startlingly powerful AI tools that create complex new textual and visual works in response to relatively...
View ArticleWIPO Program and Budget Committee Adds New Language on Copyright Limitations...
[Andrés Izquierdo] On May 25th, the 35th Program and Budget Committee (P&B) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted new language concerning copyright limitations and...
View ArticleGenerative AI and Author Remuneration
[Martin Senftleben] Abstract... The rights reservation option following from the regulation of text and data mining in the EU (Article 4 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market)...
View ArticleEnsuring Access to New Treatments for Ebola Virus Disease
[Médecins Sans Frontières Access to Medicines Campaign] ... Although the approval of these products was a great achievement, the process of ensuring that people who need them can access them is at a...
View ArticleFixing WIPO’s Proposed Broadcasting Treaty
[Electronic Information for Libraries] At WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR/43) that took place in April 2023, delegations were invited to send written comments on the...
View ArticleGeographic Isolation, Trade Secrecy, and Innovation
[Andrea Contigiani and Marco Testoni] Abstract: This paper studies the impact of geographic isolation on innovation. Geographically isolated regions have lower access to distant knowledge and, thus,...
View ArticleGlobal Inequities In Access to COVID-19 Health Products and Technologies: A...
[Deborah Gleeson, Belinda Townsend, Brigitte F. Tenni, and Tarryn Phillips] Abstract: This paper presents a political economy analysis of global inequities in access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments,...
View ArticleThe Creative Commons Solution: Protecting Copyright in Short-Form Videos on...
[Cheng-chi (Kirin) Chang] Abstract: The rapid development of short-form video social platforms, such as TikTok, has created huge commercial value but also highlights serious copyright infringement...
View ArticleImpacts of LDC Graduation on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property...
[Nirmalya Syam and Shirin Syed] Abstract: Least developed countries (LDCs) benefit from specific flexibilities under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill: Making Progress at the Provinces
[Sanya Samtani] Last week, in the latest instalment of South Africa’s copyright reform saga, the Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment and...
View ArticleThe Value of Indian Patents: An Empirical Analysis Using Citation Lags Approach
[Mohammad Danish and Ruchi Sharma] Abstract: Our study examines whether the growth in patenting activity in India, spurred by policy changes such as the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of...
View ArticleColombian Minister Calls for Multilateral Action on Balanced IP Rights at...
[Andrés Izquierdo] On July 6, 2023, Germán Umaña Mendoza, the Colombian Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, delivered a compelling opening statement on behalf of Colombia during the General...
View ArticleGRULAC Advocates for Education, Research, and Cultural Heritage at the WIPO...
[Andrés Izquierdo] The Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC), delivered a statement supporting initiatives and proposals aimed at expanding and facilitating education, research, and...
View ArticleMeeting with WIPO Director General Daren Tang, Spotlights NGOs’ Crucial Role...
[Andrés Izquierdo] On behalf of WCL PIJIP and the Global Network on Copyright User Rights, Andrés Izquierdo attended a meeting organized by Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual...
View ArticleUS Copyright Act Can Address AI Without Amendment
[Katherine Klosek] This month, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) issued principles to guide policymakers in their conversations around copyright law and AI. LCA is the voice of the library community...
View ArticleTime for a stocktaking exercise and the way forward in technology transfer
[Guillermo Rodrigo Corredor] The technological stocktaking for developing countries after the pandemic is quite ambiguous. Although the crisis was stopped using state-of-the-art vaccines that reached...
View ArticleAn International Instrument on Copyright and Educational Uses: Regulatory...
[Faith O. Majekolagbe and Giulia Priora] Abstract: There has been a renewed interest in the adoption of an international instrument on copyright and educational uses at the World Intellectual Property...
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