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Summer Session
Registration for the International Intellectual Property Summer Session is now open for non-WCL students. Those wishing to register should visit the PIJIP page for more information about courses and summer faculty, or to complete the online registration.
Non-WCL students wishing to register for our Geneva courses should complete this online registration.
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Professor Contreras Discusses 'Patent Wars' on Al Jazeera's The Stream
Professor Jorge Contreras appeared on Al Jazeera's The Stream Discussing new approaches that tech companies are undertaking with regard to intellectual property.
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PIJIP Research Paper: A Pragmatic Approach to Intellectual Property and Development – A Case Study of the Jordanian Copyright Law in the Internet Age
This article takes the copyright law in Jordan as a case study and shows how, in practical terms, a pro-development-oriented approach could be implemented in the copyright laws of developing countries. It provides specific recommendations for developing countries to ensure that their IP laws are aligned with and serve their social and economic development objectives.
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April 23: Summer Program in International Intellectual Property Summer Information Session
PIJIP will host an informaiton session about the Summer Program in International Intellectual Property next Monday, April 23 at 4:30 in room WCL 526. The information session will cover information on the process of registering for courses in both Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland.
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Victoria Phillips and Nabila Isa-Odidi to present at Association of American Law Schools Clinical Conference
Victoria F. Phillips and Nabila Isa-Odidi, along with Margaret Johnson and Jaime Lee at the University of Baltimore, will be presenting a concurrent session entitled "Teaching Identity and Multi-Cultural Lawyering in Transactional and Non-Litigation Clinics" during the Association of American Law Schools Annual Clinical Conference.
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International Intellectual Property Summer Program Open for Registration
Registration is now open for the American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property Summer Program in International Intellectual Property. Courses are offered in Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland, for both academic and CLE credit. Courses examine the recent shift of intellectual property law making and enforcement to the international level, and the skills in legal analysis and forum selection that intellectual property lawyers need as a result.
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Professor Jorge Contreras Cited in New York Times Article
American University Washington College of Law professor Jorge Contreras was cited as "the leading authority on standard-setting patents" in a recent New York Times article on Microsoft's lawsuit against Motorola mobility, "which accuses Motorola of breaching its obligation to offer standard-essential patents on fair and resonable licensing terms." A recent bench ruling by Judge James Robart in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, which granted Microsoft a temporary restrianing order and preliminary injuction, in turn preventing Motorola Mobility from enforcing the pending German injuction that would bar Microsoft from Selling Windows and Xbox in Germany.
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April 11: Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expression: Whose Property is it Anyway?
An exploration of patenting ancient knowledge in medicine, mathematics, and the arts and the effect it will have on South Asian and other world cultures. The panel will be followed by a short performance of a traditional South Asian art form.
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April 11: 1L IP Advising
Join WCL Intellectual Property Faculty and members of the PIJIP Staff for our 1L Spring Advising Session. The session is recommended for all 1L students interested in studying intellectual property. The session will address curriculum recommendations for students entering their second year. Additionally, it will cover externship opportunities available to intellectual property students, opportunities for experimental learning, and ways to get involved in WCL’s IP program.
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Infojustice Blog by Carrie Sager Covered by Techdirt
A recent blog post by PIJIP Dean's Fellow Carrie Sager hilighting the distinctions between ACTA and the TPP has recently recieved coverage on TechDirt and BoingBoing. The articles refer to a chart, created by Carrie, which juxtaposes provisions from TPP Intellectual Property Chapter with the comparable sections of ACTA.
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WCL Professors Organize Letter on U.S.-Colombia FTA Implementation Bill
This morning, a letter organized by WCL professors Peter Jaszi, Michael Carroll and Sean Flynn, and signed by nearly 70 international intellectual property academics and experts, was sent to the Colombian legislature “in response to what we perceive as a hurried process to implement the provisions of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement through amendments to Colombian law that may not fully take into account the importance of balance in a healthy copyright system.”
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