November 18, 2020 Among NGOs attending the SCCR 40, there are clear opposite views of what should be done by the SCCR right now. The rightholders (collective societies and producers) say things are fine, they just need more licensing opportunities.… Continue Reading
On Friday morning, 10 July 2026, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on agenda item 11(i), Report from the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). KEI would like to thank Madam Sylvie Forbin for her service… Continue Reading
I’m in Geneva this week and next, and Brussels on Monday. The WIPO General Assembly meets this week. A two-week WHO negotiation on an Annex to the Pandemic Agreement on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system is also taking… Continue Reading
Among issues dividing negotiators on the WHO Pandemic Agreement Annex on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) are conditions imposed to obtain access to information through the system. One issue that seems basic is whether researchers will have to register… Continue Reading
On Tuesday afternoon, 2 December 2025, Knowledge Ecology International made the following statement on copyright limitations and exceptions at the 47th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. I wanted to comment first on the African… Continue Reading
Annually, the Office of the United States Trade Representative spearheads the Special 301 review process, whose goal is to produce a report that names-and-shames countries that have committed perceived offenses against intellectual property rights. The USTR solicits written comments from… Continue Reading
Knowledge Ecology International sent a January 13, 2025 letter to the delegates of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) opposing the convening of a diplomatic Conference for a WIPO Treaty for the… Continue Reading
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has sent a letter to Katherine Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) concerning an issue in Article 3 of the the World Intellectual Property… Continue Reading
The USPTO has a request for comment on the need for a statutory experimental use exception for patents. (89 FR 53963). The USPTO uploads the comments to Regulations.Gov, docket PTO-C-2024-0023. KEI filed comments on September 10, 2024: KEI-Experimental-use-exception-10Sept2024 September 10,… Continue Reading