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The Dilemma Of Fair Use And Expressive Machine Learning: An Interview With Ben Sobel

23/08/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Intellectual Property Watch recently conducted an interview with Ben Sobel, law and technology researcher, teacher, and fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Sobel has focused his research on copyright and the fair use doctrine, in particular in the context of artificial intelligence (AI). Below, he shares his views on expressive machine learning, “the fair use dilemma” and “Big Content versus Little Users”. The most pressing copyright question has to do with AI readers, not AI authors, according to Sobel.

Filed Under: Features, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, North America, Regional Policy

3P Project Enables Radical Change In R&D For TB Treatment

15/07/2017 by Elise De Geyter for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

A new project that stimulates the development of affordable and effective drug regimens to treat tuberculosis (TB) is catching notice in policy circles.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Development, English, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WHO

WIPO’s Gurry: Artificial Intelligence, Gene Editing Latest ‘Winners’ In Innovation

13/07/2017 by Elise De Geyter for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The main winners of innovation are technologies that enable market application, with gene editing and artificial intelligence as two examples, Francis Gurry, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, told a panel discussion last week. Thomas Cueni, director general of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), said at the same event that everybody benefits from innovation.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Development, Enforcement, English, Europe, Finance, Health Policy Watch, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WHO, WIPO

Launch Of Book On TRIPS And Climate Change

12/07/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

A new book being launched in Geneva next week reflects the growing recognition that the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) could play a more important role in the mitigation of climate change, according to the programme of the book launch.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Environment, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, United Nations - other, WTO/TRIPS

ITU Launches Cybersecurity Index 2017

06/07/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published the Global Cybersecurity Index 2017 (GCI-2017). The GCI-2017, the second in this index series, measures the commitments of the 193 member states of the ITU to cybersecurity and helps the member states to identify areas for improvement, according to a press release.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, ITU/ICANN, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

KEI Recommends WIPO Study On Running Royalties As Limitation On Remedies

06/07/2017 by Elise De Geyter for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Nonprofit group Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has requested a study by the World Intellectual Property Organization on the case law of the non-voluntary use of patents as a limitation on remedies, Andrew Goldman, counsel for policy and legal affairs at KEI, said at a side event to a WIPO meeting this week.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WIPO

IP Law Europe Summit: Future Of Legal Profession In The Digital Age, Unified Patent Court

04/07/2017 by Elise De Geyter for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

MONTREUX — The legal profession is experiencing a “radical change” due to technology, a globally known author told the recent European IP Law Summit in Montreux, Switzerland. Technology has become “affordable” and professions “unaffordable” in a technology-based internet society, he said. Separately, a Belgian appeals court judge laid out details on the Unified Patent Court of Europe.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, English, Europe, Finance, IP Law, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

WTO Info Tech Agreement Symposium: Is Expansion To Digital Trade In The Cards?

29/06/2017 by Elise De Geyter for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the World Trade Organization Agreement this week, several speakers and delegates called for a further expansion of the landmark deal, possibly in ways that include digital trade and better incorporate developing countries. Many information and communication technology (ICT) products are not part of the list of products under the ITA, speakers said, and negotiations about an expansion of the list of products may take a long time.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, English, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WTO/TRIPS

Remote Sensing And (Geo-) ICTs, Prime Tools To Achieve SDGs, WSIS Forum Hears

29/06/2017 by Elise De Geyter for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Remote sensing and geo-ICT are prime technological tools to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, according to VITO, the Flemish Institute for Technological Research. But technology should not be considered as “deus ex machina,” a speaker added during the recent World Summit on the Information Society Forum (the WSIS Forum 2017).

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Development, English, ITU/ICANN, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, United Nations - other

Launch Of Open Access Book On Geographical Indications In Asia-Pacific

29/06/2017 by Elise De Geyter for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

A new book launched this week in Geneva offers a unique compilation of the challenges and promises of the protection of geographical indications (GIs) with a particular focus on countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Asia/Pacific, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WTO/TRIPS

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