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Guest Book Review: Teaching Intellectual Property Law

The IPKat

For example, under ‘eliminating hunger’ the class would explore patented seeds, and medical drugs as part of the ‘good healthcare’ task, all of which get the students to think about power imbalance, private and public funding, and questions of where ownership of key commodities should lie.

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Introducing a zero-embargo Secondary Publication Right in Bulgaria

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The latest jurisdiction to introduce a SPR is Bulgaria, in the context of the amendment law of 1 st December 2023 to transpose the CDSM Directive , introducing a non-overridable zero-embargo SPR. Pre-existing Bulgarian provision The SPR is not an entirely novel concept to Bulgarian copyright law. On the other hand, art.

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National Intellectual Property Rights Conference 2023 – Day 1

Intepat

The session also acknowledged the pivotal role played by a robust IP regime in India’s expansion and innovation, facilitated by legislative reforms and escalated investments in higher education. He expressed concerns about copyright protection for such works, citing legal cases like Thomson Reuters vs. Ross Intelligence Inc.,