I’m about to deliver this intervention at the WIPO SCCR 36 meeting, as a general statement on limitations and exceptions. We are given 2 minutes. KEI has three points 1. The 1971 Berne Annex, which deals with access for developing… Continue Reading
On Friday, 20 April 2018 WIPO published a document (SCCR/26/3) entitled “Draft Action Plans on Limitations and Exceptions Through SCCR/39 (2nd Meeting in 2019)”. The draft action plans were prepared by Daren Tang (Singapore), the Chair of the Standing Committee… Continue Reading
new: we have added a database of more than 1,000 federal court cases that cite 28 USC 1498 here: http://drugdatabase.info/28usc1498/ The United States government can use any patented invention, copyright, or protection of plant variety, original design or semiconductor design,… Continue Reading
Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI 1971 Universal Copyright Convention, with Appendix Declaration relating to Articles XVII and Resolution… Continue Reading
KEI has advocated for copyright exceptions to expand access to works protected by copyright and related rights, when the owners of the rights cannot be located after reasonably diligent searches. Among the areas where KEI has be particularly active is… Continue Reading
The evolution of exceptions in the Berne Convention: The Berne Convention revisions for limitations and exceptions to copyright, 2012:1 KEI Research Note Why do US and EU trade negotiators hate the Berne Copyright Limitations and Exceptions February 20, 2013. The… Continue Reading
2009 2009: Minimum TRIPS Terms of Protection for Copyright and Related Rights 2009: TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) resolution on copyright terms 2009: Terms of Protection for Copyright and Related Rights in multilateral treaties 2012 2012: Republican Study Committee report suggests… Continue Reading
We have a lot of information on copyright issues,some reported in the blogs about trade negotiations like TPP, ACTA and NAFTA, RCEP or the WIPO SCCR negotiations. In addition to having separate pages on several of the trade negotiations, we… Continue Reading
Day 1 at WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS Since 1998, the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR),has engaged in negotiations to create new norms for the protection of broadcasters, cablecasters and now –again– webcasters… Continue Reading
On Thursday, 26 October 2017, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published a scoping study (SCCR/35/4) on the impact of the digital environment on copyright legislation adopted between 2006 and 2016; the author of this study is Guilda Rostama, Ph.D. The mandate for this study emanates from a proposal of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) first tabled at the 31st session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in December 2015. At SCCR33 in November 2016, WIPO Member States agreed to the following: