Intellectual Property

Last month, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held its 41st session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). Members of the Civil Society Coalition on the Right to Research in International Copyright made a series of official statements.

A new publication is out from PIJIP's Faculty Director, Professor Christine Haight Farley. "A Research Framework on Intellectual Property and Morality" has been published in Approaches and Methodologies in Intellectual Property Research

PIJIP Professor Flynn helped draft the copyright section of the letter to wealthy countries that have opposed the waiver at the World Trade Organization.

The submission focuses on Section 12A of the Copyright Amendment Bill, which is an open general exception for “fair use” of copyrighted works. This provision is largely an updating of South Africa’s current general exception for “fair dealing” with a copyrighted work.

PIJIP Counsel Jonathan Band has updated his book relating the history of software copyright law in respect of interface disputes with a new part on the Google decision