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A Paradigm Shift with an Uncertain Future: Prof Wend Wendland on the WIPO Treaty on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

On 25 September 2025, Professor Wend Wendland, delivered the 14th Peter Jaszi Distinguished Lecture at American University in Washington D.C.. The event was hosted by the Program on Information ...
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AI, Copyright, and the Future of Creativity: Notes from the Panama International Book Fair

During the second week of August, I was invited to speak at the Panama International Book Fair, an event hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO ...
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WIPO General Assembly Meeting on SCCR Expresses Consensus for Progress on Broadcast and L&E Instruments

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held its General Assembly (GA) this week, including a review of the progress and recommendations of the Standing ...
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Tanuja Garde Appointed Director of WTO’s IP Division

In July 2025, Tanuja Garde assumed the role of Director of the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division at the World Trade Organization (WTO). She holds a bachelor’s ...
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Danish Bill Proposes Using Copyright Law to Combat Deepfakes

Recently, a Danish Bill has been making headlines by addressing issues related to deepfake through a rather uncommon approach: copyright. As stated to The Guardian, 1 the Danish Minister of Culture, ...
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WIPO General Assembly 66th: Navigating a Comprehensive Agenda with Constructive Dialogue

Despite the weight of a packed agenda and the significance of several recent treaty milestones, the Sixty-Sixth Series of Meetings of the WIPO General Assembly is expected to unfold key institutional ...
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Malaysia-EFTA Economic Partnership Agreement (MEEPA) Would Tie Malaysia’s Hands on Access to Medicines

The MEEPA is a tentatively concluded trade agreement between Malaysia and EFTA (the European Free Trade Association of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) that may soon be signed by the ...
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The NOODL license: Licensing African datasets to support research and AI in the Global South

Who has the ability to take language data from African communities and develop an AI tool? Anyone with the capability can do that. And you’ll find that there are certain jurisdictions that have more ...
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The Great Flip: Is Opt Out a Prohibited Formality under the Berne Convention? Part I

This post was originally published on Spicy IP. Given the complex nature of this issue and the fact that many such discussions happen behind paywalls, making them inaccessible to the public, we ...
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The South African Copyright Amendment Bill at the Constitutional Court: Notes from the Presidential Referral of the Bill (Part II)

In Part I of this blogpost, I briefly set out the procedural history of the copyright reform process that led to the Presidential Referral of the Bill to the Constitutional Court. I also briefly ...
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The South African Copyright Amendment Bill at the Constitutional Court: Notes from the Presidential Referral of the Bill (Part I)

On 21 and 22 May 2025, the South African Constitutional Court heard the matter of Ex Parte President of the Republic of South Africa: In re Constitutionality of the ...
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Highlights from the USCO Report on the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy (Part 1: Output Phase)

In February 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released the report “Identifying the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy: Context and ...