The Fifth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
American University Washington College of Law
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Opening Plenary
9:00am – 10:15am
TED Talks
10:30am – 11:20am
Big Debate on the Right to Be Forgotten
11:30am – 1:00pm
Ensuring Sustainable Access to Antibiotics
12:40pm – 2:20pm
Public Interest Perspectives on EU Copyright Reform
2:00pm – 3:50pm
Friday, September 28, 2018
AUILR Symposium on IP and Development
9:00am – 10:50am
Using Competition Law to Promote Access to Medicines and other Health Technologies
11:20am – 1:30pm
TED Talks
11:20am –– 2:50pm, 3:00pm – 3:50pm
Book Launch: Copyright’s Excess, by Glynn Lunney
4:00pm – 4:50pm
Keynote Forum - What Can We Learn From the Past About What We Can Achieve in the Future
5:00pm – 7:30pm
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Access to medicines in India, Brazil & South Africa: New Directions from the Global South
9:00am – 10:50am
TED Talks
11:20am – 1:30pm, 1:40pm – 3:30pm
PIJIP News
PIJIP to Meet With Coordinators of the Africa Group, Asia Pacific Group, and GRULAC Ahead of WIPO Secretary Briefing
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 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 "The Stunted Development of Unfair Competition Law in the United States and Canada" in the Oxford Journal of IP Law & Practice
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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