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PIJIP's Right to Research in International Copyright Project Hosts Conferences on the Right to Research in Africa
The week of public and private meetings in Pretoria and Cape Town featured discussions of how African researchers are using modern digital technologies to address a range of pressing research questions that require use of research exceptions in copyright law.
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New PIJIP Research Paper: Reconceptualizing Open Access to Theses and Dissertations
PIJIP is please to announce a new paper in our Research Paper series, by Professors Orit Fischman Afori and Dalit Ken-Dror Feldman.
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A Week of Events on Copyright and Access to Knowledge in South Africa
PIJIP is co-organizing a week of debates on copyright and access to knowledge in South Africa the week of January 23rd, with a coalition of three university groups and four civil society organizations.
Read more![PIJIP Senior Fellow Kathryn Kleiman Interviewed by Alan Alda on Clear and Vivid](https://www.wcl.american.edu/wcl-american-edu/cache/file/E98B7BE0-C1DF-45C4-7C631B925E9C3011_medium.jpg)
PIJIP Senior Fellow Kathryn Kleiman Interviewed by Alan Alda on Clear and Vivid
PIJIP's Senior Fellow Kathryn Kleiman discussed her book Proving Ground with Alan Alda on his podcast Clear and Vivid.
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Prof. Christine Haight Farley Writes Guest Post for the TTABlog
PIJIP Faculty Director Christine Haight Farley has written a guest post for the TTABlog, which reports cases heard by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
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PIJIP Welcomes New Faculty Member Charles Duan
Charles Duan will join WCL as Assistant Professor with a teaching and research interest in Patent Law. Duan previously worked at PIJIP as a Senior Policy Fellow, designing and managing research projects at the intersection of intellectual property and public interest policy.
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