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Cautionary Tales About Collective Rights Organizations, Part 2

In 2013, we published Cautionary Tales About Collective Rights Organizations, 21 Michigan State Int’l L. Rev. 687 (2013). We acknowledged that properly regulated collective rights organizations (“CROs ...
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The South African Copyright Amendment Bill at the Constitutional Court: Notes from the Presidential Referral of the Bill (Part II)

In Part I of this blogpost, I briefly set out the procedural history of the copyright reform process that led to the Presidential Referral of the Bill to the Constitutional Court. I also briefly ...
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The Fair Use/Fair Dealing Handbook

More than 40 countries with over one-third of the world’s population have fair use or fair dealing provisions in their copyright laws. These countries are in all regions of the world and at all levels ...
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Copyright Implications of the Relationship Between Generative Artificial Intelligence and Text and Data Mining

In the heated copyright discussions over generative artificial intelligence, the term “text and data mining” is sometimes used interchangeably with “machine learning” or the “ingestion of material” to ...
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The (Long) Road to the Broadcast Treaty: A Brief History

Members of the research team from the Program of Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP)’ Geneva Center published a “Documentary History of the Broadcast Treaty in the SCCR” (2025).
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WIPO General Assembly Meeting on SCCR Expresses Consensus for Progress on Broadcast and L&E Instruments

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held its General Assembly (GA) this week, including a review of the progress and recommendations of the Standing ...
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[Mohammad Danish and Ruchi Sharma] Abstract: Our study examines whether the growth in patenting activity in India, spurred by policy changes such as the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of ...
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LAION vs Kneschke: German Courts Find that Public Datasets are Covered by the TDM Exception

In the recent LAION vs. Kneschke case, the Hamburg District Court addressed the application of Germany’s text and data mining (TDM) exceptions under the Copyright ...
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Disclaiming Designs: A Comment on the “Dotted Lines” Issue in the WIPO Design Law Treaty by Professor Sarah Burstein

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 ...
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The Role of Copyright Law in Text and Data Mining Research

Natasha Karanja & Chebet Koros Strathmore University Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CC-BY) Link When evaluating the copyright ecosystem within the African continent, ...
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The South African Copyright Amendment Bill at the Constitutional Court: Notes from the Presidential Referral of the Bill (Part I)

On 21 and 22 May 2025, the South African Constitutional Court heard the matter of Ex Parte President of the Republic of South Africa: In re Constitutionality of the ...
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Limitations and Exceptions in the WIPO Instrument on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

The basic requirement of the proposed instrument would be to oblige members to require patent holders to disclose uses of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. [2] The goals include ...