Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

The submission focuses on Section 12A of the Copyright Amendment Bill, which is an open general exception for “fair use” of copyrighted works. This provision is largely an updating of South Africa’s current general exception for “fair dealing” with a copyrighted work.

PIJIP Counsel Jonathan Band has updated his book relating the history of software copyright law in respect of interface disputes with a new part on the Google decision

On July 1, American University's Summer Program on the WTO & U.S. Trade Law and Policy hosted a public session on COVID-19, Vaccines and Trade. Participants discussed supply chain issues, what to expect with the different variants of the current strain, and how the current TRIPS waiver under debate at the World Trade Organization could help countries obtain vaccines.

Professor Flynn's presentation on the second day to the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights on Limitations and Exceptions Agenda Item 

The trademark application rejection creates questions regarding whether the NFL team can use the name it adopted before the 2020 season.  Prof. Phillips anticipates that the team will challenge the rejection,

In 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted a series of three regional workshops and an international seminar on copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries, archives, museums, and educational and research institutions. WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights summarized the meetings in a subsequent report. Today, PIJIP releases an analysis of WIPO's report by Professor Sean Flynn.