Canada’s bid to join TPP threatens access for blind, print disabled
There is a danger that, in Canada’s quest to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), Canada may cede whatever leadership it has gained in the field of progressive copyright provisions....
View ArticleWIPO Meets on Genetic Resources: Participation of Indigenous Peoples at Issue
The Intergovernmental Committee on Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions, and Genetic Resources (IGC) meets this week at WIPO. The Committee is working on negotiating a new treaty or...
View ArticleWIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired Flounders
As negotiators at WIPO prepare for a June 17-22 diplomatic conference in Marrakesh to create a new international instrument/treaty for the benefit of the visually impaired. The treaty is intended, by...
View ArticleA Balancing Act for the Blind and Visually Impaired
On Monday June 17, a diplomatic conference will be held to negotiate a treaty/international instrument that would allow accessible-format works to be exported from country to country. Intended to...
View ArticleWho Should Own Big Data?
[Cross posted from sarabannerman.blogspot.ca] Big data has a lot to offer, from curing disease to fostering economic development to fostering transparency. At the same time, from government mass...
View ArticleDoes IP Have a Role in Sustainable Development? Of Course It Does!
[Originally posted on sarabannerman.blogspot.ca] Does intellectual property have a role in sustainable development? Of course it does! But the World Intellectual Property Organization, a UN agency,...
View ArticleWhy Universities Can’t Be Expected to Police Copyright Infringement
[Originally posted in The Conversation, Link (CC-BY-SA)] . As the new school year approaches, Canadian universities are grappling with the Federal Court of Canada’s recent copyright decision against...
View ArticleThe World Intellectual Property Organization and the sustainable development...
[Sara Bannerman] Abstract: Abstract: The UN’s Agenda for Sustainable Development is being taken up throughout the international system, including at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)....
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