Two events this week will examine issues in international intellectual property.
September 11, The Promise and the Peril of Intellectual Property Licensing for Indigenous Assets.
September 12, The Marrekesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. Links to registration for the free and public events, as well as to webcast information, are included below.
Indigenous Enterprise and Innovation: The Promise and the Peril of Intellectual Property Licensing for Indigenous Assets – Discussion with Professor Conway-Jones, Hawaii Law School, alumni Howard Law School.
Jointly hosted with Howard University School of Law Program on Intellectual Property and Social Justice.
Sep 11, 4:30pm, Room 600
This talk presents the successes and challenges experienced when using private ordering strategies, such as intellectual property licensing, to protect indigenous intangible assets and resources from misappropriation, specifically, and to exercise control over such resources in furtherance of principles of self-determination, generally.
This event will be available for on demand download from the website below 24-48 hours after the event.
http://www.pijip-impact.org/events/indigenousenterprise/
The 2013 Marrakesh Treaty – Providing Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind and Print Disabled
September 12, 2013; 3pm-6pm, reception to follow.
This event will be first academic conference in the nation to examine the first international treaty on copyright users’ rights. The Marrekesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled was adopted at a June 2013 Diplomatic Conference convened by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The treaty represents a significant step toward the goal of assuring equal opportunities to access text materials for all persons, without regard to disability. It is also a new departure in the history of international intellectual property law: the first international treaty with the main focus on defining minimum standards for copyright limitations and exceptions, rather than establishing conditions for enhanced proprietary rights.
This event will be live and on-demand webcast at:
