KEI’s comments to USTR on its 2024 Special 301 list
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WIPO CDIP 31: Opening statement of Brazil
On Monday, 27 November 2023, Brazil delivered the following general statement at WIPO’s Thirty-First Session of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property. The statement was delivered by Ambassador Guilherme Patriota, one of the architects of WIPO’s Development Agenda. General… Continue Reading
Models of benefit sharing. 5 September 2023
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) invites delegates attending the Special Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore to a side event on Tuesday, 5 September 2023. The details… Continue Reading
New EU AI legislation
On the fourteenth of June, the European parliament passed sweeping legislation on the regulation of artificial intelligence. The parliament’s position was backed with an overwhelming majority of 499 votes in favor and 28 against, with 93 abstentions. The legislation, which… Continue Reading
KEI Statement – US Copyright Office Listening Session on AI and Copyright
On May 31, 2023, the US Copyright Office hosted a listening session on artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright. Below are notes from KEI’s oral statement. Copyright Office Listening Session on AI and Copyright KEI Statement May 31, 2023 My name… Continue Reading
KEI Testimony regarding the opportunities to use differential USPTO fees to achieve additional social objectives
KEI-USPTO-fees18may2023 Testimony of James Love Representing Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) regarding the opportunities to use differential USPTO fees to achieve additional social objectives USPTO Patent Public Advisory Committee Public Hearing on the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule May 18, 2023 Introduction… Continue Reading
SCCR 43: KEI statement on future work
On Thursday, 16 March 2023, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on the future work of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). KEI encourages the SCCR to include in its future work, the topics of… Continue Reading
Technology transfer obligations in legislation proposed in the United States (in the 117th Congress)
I’m in a two day meeting in Geneva on new approaches to affordable monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and it made me think of a provision found in some bills that have been proposed or introduced in the U.S. Congress to force… Continue Reading
Save the Date – 14 March 2023 – What is the role of model laws in norm setting for intellectual property?
What is the role of model laws in norm setting for intellectual property? DATE: Tuesday, 14 March 2023 TIME: 18:00 to 20:00 VENUE: Room B CONVENER: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) cordially invites you to attend our… Continue Reading
Response to Questions to KEI from Trade Policy Staff Committee in Docket No. USTR-2022-0016, Special 301
In 2023, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has elected to continue conducting its Special 301 Review process virtually, with no in-person hearing, as in the years prior to 2020. In this virtual process, after stakeholders have submitted… Continue Reading