Author: Peter Yu Abstract: In 1982, China promulgated its first modern intellectual property law, offering protection to trademarks. Since then, China adopted the Patent Law in 1984, the Copyright Law in 1990 and the Anti-Unfair...
Read MoreCentre for International Governance Innovation, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA) Authors: Bassem Awad, Ariel Katz, Michael Geist, Howard Knopf, Teresa Scassa, Ysolde Gendreau, and Konstantia Koutouki …Given the fast-paced negotiations...
Read MoreAuthor: Peter Yu Abstract: The debate on convergence and divergence has garnered considerable attention from policymakers and commentators involved in regulatory developments in Asia. The recent completion of the negotiations on...
Read MoreWilliam Cross, Director, Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center, NCSU Libraries Association of Research Libraries Issue Brief (CC-BY) Click here for the full Issue Brief (PDF) Government Information at Risk Access to...
Read MoreAuthor: Srividhya Ragavan Abstract: This article attempts to understand the legitimacy and limitations of US involvement in another country’s sovereign actions taken expressly in the public interest, or to protect public health,...
Read MoreAuthor: Jason Mazzone Abstract: When authors assign the copyright in their work to publishers, some productive uses of the work are impeded. The author loses opportunities to use or to authorize others to use the work unless the...
Read MoreRelease of the “Literature review on the use of licensing in library context, and the limitations this creates to access to knowledge” [International Federation of Library Associations, Link (CC-BY] The way libraries acquire...
Read MoreJeremiah Baarbé, Meghan Blom, Jeremy de Beer Proceedings of the 2017 IASC Conference Open AIR Working Paper No. 7/17 Full text on SSRN Executive Summary: Agricultural and nutritional data is an increasingly vital resource in the...
Read More[University of Cape Town IP Unit Press Release, Link] Together with two institutions in India and Brazil, UCT’s IP Unit has just co-published a paper with the title ‘Innovation, Intellectual Property and Development: A Better...
Read MoreAuthor: Graeme Dinwoodie Abstract: This Chapter analyzes the secondary liability of online service providers from a comparative perspective, drawing on national reports on the question submitted to the Annual Congress of the...
Read MoreAuthor: Alireza Chavosh Abstract: Studies have depicted that the rate of unused patents comprises a high portion of patents in North America (35% Non-use on average), Europe (37% Non-use on average) and Japan (64% Non-use on...
Read MoreAuthors: Ellen F.M. ‘t Hoen, Pascale Boulet and Brook K. Baker Abstract: The challenge of providing access to high-priced patented medicines is a global problem affecting all countries. A decade and a half ago the use of...
Read MoreAuthor: Olga Gurgula Abstract: The pharmaceutical industry extensively relies on the patent system. It actively lobbies for the strengthening of patent protection of its medical products and the results of its efforts may be...
Read MoreTomasz Kasprzak, Olga Jurkowska, Alek Tarkowski and Anna Buchner Communia Association (CC-0) | Full Report (PDF) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: We asked thirty teachers from five European countries about copyright in schools. Our...
Read MoreThe 2017 Global Innovation Index has been jointly published under a Creative Commons license by WIPO, Cornell University and INSEAD. The WIPO press release on its publication is here. The “Key Findings” section is...
Read MoreComputer & Communications Industry Association, Fair Use in the U.S. Economy: Economic Contribution of Industries Relying on Fair Use (CCIA: 2017), available online at ccianet.org. Executive Summary: In 2007, CCIA released...
Read MoreAuthor: Giancarlo F. Frosio Abstract: To better understand the heterogeneity of the international online intermediary liability regime—with the collaboration of an amazing team of contributors across five continents—I have...
Read MoreAuthors: Patricia Aufderheide, Aram Sinnreich, Louisa Imperiale and Carolyn Silvernail Abstract: This study tracks changes in behavior and attitude among visual arts professionals after the development of a code of best...
Read MoreJeremy de Beer, Jeremiah Baarbé, Caroline Ncube Open AIR Working Paper #4; LINK Innovation policy is important for economic growth and human development.[1] Countries across Africa are, therefore, developing policy to encourage...
Read MoreAuthor: Jyh-An Lee Abstract: Governments around the world create and collect an enormous and wide-ranging amount of data. For various social, political, and economic reasons, open data has become a popular government practice...
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