About - infojustice
WEBinfojustice.org is a website and blog maintained by the American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. It is part of our work to refocus the debate over access to knowledge goods and the free flow of innovation among creators and consumers. We blog about issues related to ...
Disclaiming Designs: A Comment on the “Dotted Lines” Issue in …
WEB5 hours ago · In this blog post, leading Design Law Professor Sarah Burstein argues that the negotiating draft of the WIPO Design Law Treaty contains a little noticed provision, buried in its “regulations,” that attempts to harmonize a key area of disagreement across jurisdictions on “perhaps the most basic question of all: What counts as a ‘design’?”
Patent Scholars Critique Patent Eligibility Restoration Act
WEB11 hours ago · A White Paper on Proposed Revisions by the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA), S. 2140, published by Joshua D. Sarnoff and Charles Duan, critiques the 2023 legislation which seeks to revise the doctrine of subject matter eligibility in U.S. patent law.. The paper argues that the proposed changes are poorly conceived, ignoring centuries of legal history and failing to address the real ...
WIPO Treaty on Genetic Resources and Associated ... - infojustice
WEBMay 27, 2024 · As described in “Article 6 of the WIPO IGC Treaty: Restraining Revocation,” many laws in developing countries explicitly authorize revocation of granted patents for non-compliance with genetic resource disclosure requirements that may have to be changed if the Treaty is ratified by them.[9]. A Victory for WIPO and Brazil. The conclusion of the treaty was a victory for the leadership of ...
UK Signs International Treaty on Artificial Intelligence Safeguards ...
WEBSep 17, 2024 · The UK government has signed the first-ever international treaty to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), as part of its efforts to prevent potential misuse of the technology.Alongside the EU, US, and Israel, the UK has committed to a global framework that seeks to address concerns like AI-driven misinformation, biased decision-making, and threats to human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
Initiative Urheberrecht Argues that AI Training is Copyright ...
WEBSep 17, 2024 · A study by German authors’ group, Initiative Urheberrecht, argues that AI training falls outside the scope of the EU’s exception for uses of copyrighted material for text and data mining and that distributing such an AI model implicates the separately protected right to “make available” copyrighted works to the public.In other words, they argue that AI producers — which could include ...
South African Copyright Bill Passes Constitutional Court Deadline
WEB11 hours ago · industry | infojustice. Aspen Doesn’t Want You to Own Your Own Casebooks; Still Profitable After All These Years; Recording Industry Reports Growth from User-Generated Content and New Projects in Emerging Economies
Copyright Reform in Uruguay Stalls Over Debate on …
WEB11 hours ago · A recent Datysoc article (Spanish language) discusses an ongoing dispute in Uruguay over whether a copyright exception for computational analysis should be included in a copyright modernization bill. In June 2024, Uruguay’s Chamber of Deputies approved a draft law aimed at modernizing copyright regulations. The law seeks to address the need ...
News - infojustice
WEBIn July 2024, the African Union Executive Council endorsed “The Continental Artificial Intelligence Strategy,” which emphasizes the importance of AI in reshaping economies, societies, and geopolitics, with significant...
International Research Organizations Support WTO TRIPS Waiver …
WEBMar 21, 2021 · Washington, DC — For the first time today, research and education organizations around the world are joining the call for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily suspend its rules on intellectual property where needed to support the prevention, containment and treatment of COVID-19. Their statement calls particular attention to the ...
Skip to content