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

American University Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grant from Arcadia Fund to Build Geneva Center on Information Justice

American University Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grant from Arcadia Fund to Build Geneva Center on Information Justice

01 Jul, 2024

American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) received a major grant from Arcadia, a charitable foundation, to build a new Geneva Center on Information Justice. The grant will advance the Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property's (PIJIP) ongoing project on Copyright and the Right to Research, previously supported by Arcadia.

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Professor Vicki Phillips To Be Honored By The DC Bar With The Champion of IP Award

Professor Vicki Phillips To Be Honored By The DC Bar With The Champion of IP Award

01 May, 2024

Intellectual Property (IP) Law Community of the District of Columbia (DC) Bar will honor Professor Victoria Phillips with the esteemed Champion of IP Award.  The annual Champion of IP Award celebrates an individual who has impacted IP policy, fostered innovation, and passionately advocated for intellectual property rights. 

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AUWCL & WIPO Sign an MOU

AUWCL & WIPO Sign an MOU

30 Apr, 2024

On April 22nd, Dean Roger Fairfax and Sheriff Saadallah, Executive Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue the close relationship between American University Washington College of Law's (AUWCL) Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property (PIJIP) and WIPO.

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