The User Rights track of the Fourth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest[1], to take place in Delhi, India, December 15-17, 2016, seeks research contributions. The User Rights track will focus on how...
Read MoreThe table linked below compares the full text of Title XXII of the Trade Act of 2002, ( the last Trade Promotion Authority law, which expired in 2007); the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014; and the...
Read MoreWe write in response to your request for public comments on South Africa’s planned copyright legislation reform. We are copyright scholars and experts from around the world who are interested in South Africa’s law reform...
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2015 | 9:30 – 2:30 American University School of International Service Printable agenda & directions (PDF) Co-hosted by the AU School of International Service and AU Washington College of Law’s Program on...
Read MoreThis conference will explore the new challenges posed by bilateral trade and investment treaties such as TPP, CETA, and TTIP, against the background of the multilateral trade regime. Do these treaties replace or complement...
Read MoreThe American University Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, AU’s Center for Media & Social Impact, and the Berkeley Digital Library Copyright Project have released the Statement of Best Practices...
Read MoreLecture by Prof. Matthew Rimmer, ANU College of Law September 24, 2014 | 4:30 pm | Reception to Follow Room 603 | American University Washington College of Law Logistics and Directions | Webcast REGISTRATION Matthew Rimmer...
Read More[Repost of a Workshop Report by the South African Screen Federation, (SASFED) Link] Friends of the SASFED were invited to a workshop on Copyright Users Rights and the Clearance Culture in South African Filmmaking on August 18,...
Read MoreAmerican University Professor Jorge Contreras has recently proposed a “pseudo-pool” approach to addressing patent stacking and hold-up concerns for industry standards (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2232515)....
Read MoreA new report by PIJIP Professor Peter Jaszi, AU Communications Professor Patricia Aufderheide, and AU fellows Bryan Bello and Tijana Milosevic. The College Art Association has commenced a project with American University...
Read MoreThe global future of cultural institutions, information industries, and individual creative work hinges, in part, on present decisions about the scope and character of copyright exceptions and limitations. Almost everyone agrees...
Read MoreToday at 2pm, an event will be held at the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies to launch Brazilian Patent Reform: Innovation Towards Competitiveness. This report was developed through a long consultative process (including seven...
Read More67 legal academics have endorsed a letter to Colombian leaders to express concern over copyright legislation intended to implement the country’s obligations under their trade agreement with the U.S. The letter warns that...
Read MorePIJIP Research Paper no. 2013-03 Authors: Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic in Collaboration with Andrés Izquierdo and Fundación Karisma Introduction: In April 2011, Bill 201—known as “Ley Lleras 1.0”—was introduced...
Read MorePIJIP Research Paper no. 2013-02 Authors: Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic in Collaboration with Andrés Izquierdo and Fundación Karisma Introduction: In January 2013, the Colombian Constitutional Court struck down...
Read More[Reposted from pijip-impact.org] This document is a statement of principles to help journalists in the United States interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. It is intended for anyone who engages in the set of practices...
Read MoreToday at 6pm, American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property hosted a discussion of this week’s ruling in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, in which the Supreme Court held that “the ‘first sale’...
Read MoreToday, PIJIP Director and PLoS Board Member Michael Carroll commended the Obama Administration for issuing an historic policy Directive that opens up access to the crucial results of publicly funded research by directing all...
Read MorePIJIP and Public Citizen will co-host a multidisciplinary event that will bring together academics, civil society, and policy makers to 1) examine how intellectual property affects economic growth in countries at different...
Read MorePanelists Peter JasziWashington College of Law Ariel KatzUniversity of Toronto Howard KnopfMacera & Jarzyna, LLP Martin SenftlebenUniversity of Amsterdam Overview Recent copyright cases in the Supreme Court of Canada...
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