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The WIPO Files I: the quest to protect user rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

For most of its existence, international copyright policy at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has focused on the creation and harmonization of exclusive rights. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. by Christopher Heath. €

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

Lord Justice Arnold, will deliver a lecture entitled “Divergence of UK Law from EU Law after Brexit: The Example of Intellectual Property”. The panels will be a Statutory General Assembly and an Online conference on international issues related to GIs, respectively. in intellectual property law and/or competition law.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. , and Copyright in Graffiti and Street Art). The website of the event contains information about the programme and registration.

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[Guest Post] The African Group’s Proposal on a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions Moves Forward in WIPO’s Committee on Copyright

The IPKat

Last month, Katfriends Desmond Oriakhogba and Dick Kawooya provided a highlight of the key portions of the Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es) proposed by the Africa Group to WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO-SCCR). The 42nd session of the WIPO SCCR was held from 9 to 13 May 2022.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University is proud and delighted to announce its new, in-person event to be held in English at Stockholm University on Thursday, June 2, 2022, on the topic: 'The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze'.

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Friday Fantasies

The IPKat

The seminar will take place in Paris and online, on 16 and 17 March 2023 and entirely in English. 4-7 October 2023: “Open Forum event” The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) is hosting its Open Forum event from 4 to 7 October 2023, in London. Click here and here to know more.