Introduction to Intellectual Property at WCL

September 1
5:15-6:15pm
Room 603

 J.D., LL.M., SJD, and visiting scholars have the chance to meet with faculty and staff from WCL’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP). Student organizations will give an introduction to how they work with the IP program, and discuss what IP opportunities they offer. This is also a great opportunity for students to discuss class choices and research interests with faculty and staff in a relaxed atmosphere.

PIJIP News

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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This Month the Arcadia Project Hosted an Academic Retreat in South Africa

This Month the Arcadia Project Hosted an Academic Retreat in South Africa

27 Feb, 2024

PIJIP’s Arcadia project on the Right to Research hosted an academic retreat in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, February 23-25, 2024. The meeting gathered leading African experts and scholars on copyright law and computer science to discuss policy principles and a research agenda on enabling African and other Global South uses of digital research tools without promoting “data colonialism” concerns.

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