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[Guest Post] WIPO’s African Group hits the ground running with a Work Program on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

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WIPO is gearing up for the 42nd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights and the Africa Group at WIPO has submitted a proposal for a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es). This is made worse by the difficulty in accessing funds to purchase licenses for online resources from publishers.

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Sunday Surprises

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4iP Council - Licensing Negotiation Groups: what, why, how 4iP will hold an online webinar to discuss the proposed formation of Licensing Negotiation Groups (LNGs) of implementers that would collectively negotiate and license standard essential patents (SEPs). UCL - AI: Reinventing Inventorship?

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Sunday Surprises

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Its massive use brings legal consequences for classic IP rights and offers real challenges in particular to trade marks, copyright and related rights and patents. FIDE - The Metaverse As A Challenge To Classical IP - 29 June 2022 - Online The Metaverse steadily developed, and its role became even more central to the business.

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Friday Fantasies

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The seminar will take place in Paris and online, on 16 and 17 March 2023 and entirely in English. Click here and here to know more. Click here to know more.

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Sunday Surprises

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26 May 2022 | 18:15 (BST) | BLACA | Seminar: “ Time for a new Copyright Act? ” (in-person) The British Literary & Artistic Copyright Association, BLACA, is organising an event on whether the United Kingdom needs a new copyright Act. It's getting hot out there! Picture by idea-saras.