PIJIP News
American University Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grant from Arcadia Fund to Build Geneva Center on Information Justice
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.
Read moreProfessor Vicki Phillips To Be Honored By The DC Bar With The Champion of IP Award
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.
Read moreAUWCL & WIPO Sign an MOU
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.
Read moreProfessor Michael Carroll Published New Paper "The Triumph of Three Big Ideas in Fair Use Jurisprudence"
Professors Carroll and Peter Jaszi, published a new paper, The Triumph of Three Big Ideas in Fair Use Jurisprudence. The article, published in the Tulane Law Review, argues that the Court’s decisions on fair use, which represent one-third of the Court’s total merits decisions, are historic.
Read morePIJIP 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.
Read moreProfessor 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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