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PIJIP to Meet With Coordinators of the Africa Group, Asia Pacific Group, and GRULAC Ahead of WIPO  Secretary Briefing

PIJIP to Meet With Coordinators of the Africa Group, Asia Pacific Group, and GRULAC Ahead of WIPO Secretary Briefing

16 Apr, 2024

Our department has invited the coordinators of the Africa Group, Asia Pacific Group, GRULAC, and their members to an off-the-record technical assistance workshop for delegations and capital officials.

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PIJIP Senior Research Analyst Andres Izquierdo named Co-Chair of the Sub-Committee on AI and Copyright at the American Intellectual Property Law Association

PIJIP Senior Research Analyst Andres Izquierdo named Co-Chair of the Sub-Committee on AI and Copyright at the American Intellectual Property Law Association

01 Apr, 2024

PIJIP Senior Research Analyst Andres Izquierdo was recently named Co-Chair of the Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright at the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

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Professor Christine Haight Farley  just published

Professor Christine Haight Farley just published "The Stunted Development of Unfair Competition Law in the United States and Canada" in the Oxford Journal of IP Law & Practice

01 Apr, 2024

Professor Farley's new article compares trademark law in the U.S. and Canada to explore the limitations of federal and state or provincial law.

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Cradle Principles on Knowledge Governance

Cradle Principles on Knowledge Governance

11 Mar, 2024

PIJIP’s project on Copyright and the Right to Research organized a group of leading copyright academics, stakeholders, and computational researchers for a policy retreat in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, February 23-25, 2024. The subject of the meeting was enabling African and other Global South uses of digital research tools without promoting “data colonialism” concerns, including wrongful uses of traditional knowledge and community-held information. 

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Tracie Siddiqui Recently Spoke at the UMD Law Mid-Atlantic Clinical Conference

Tracie Siddiqui Recently Spoke at the UMD Law Mid-Atlantic Clinical Conference

29 Feb, 2024

Tracie Siddiqui, Practitioner-in-Residence in the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic, spoke on a panel at the Mid-Atlantic Clinical Conference hosted at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law this past Saturday, February 24.

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