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PIJIP Releases Video Seminar on the WIPO Design Law Treaty
PIJIP Releases Video Seminar on the WIPO Design Law Treaty
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Professor Sean Flynn and Fellow Allan Rocha Presented Analysis on Proposal to Require Remuneration for Training AI
PIJIP Director Sean Flynn and Fellow Allan Rocha presented analysis of a new Brazil proposal to require remuneration for training artificial intelligence at a meeting in Brasilia, Brazil, last week.
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13th Annual Peter A. Jaszi Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property
Professor Olufunmilayo Arewa to deliver the distinguished lecture, titled "The Mysteries of Lorraine Hansberry: The Postmortem Afterlife of Copyright for Artistic Legacies"
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51 Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grant from Arcadia Fund to Build Geneva Center
51 Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grant from Arcadia Fund to Build Geneva Center
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Professor Vicki Phillips will receive the esteemed Champion of IP Award from the DC Bar.
On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, the Intellectual Property (IP) Law Community of the District of Columbia (DC) Bar will honor Professor Victoria Phillips for her significant contributions to the field of intellectual property. Professor Phillips will receive the esteemed Champion of IP Award.
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51WCL & WIPO Sign 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 's (51WCL) (PIJIP) and WIPO.
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Professor Carroll's new paper, The Triumph of Three Big Ideas in Fair Use Jurisprudence
The article published by Tulane Law Review argues that in two recent cases, Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. (“Google v. Oracle”) and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith (“Warhol”), the Supreme Court ratified its 1994 holding that transformative use is the appropriate analytical framework for applying copyright law’s fair use provision. The Court’s decisions, which represent one-third of the Court’s total merits decisions on fair use, are historic. The principal contribution this Article makes is to demonstrate to courts and parties in future fair use disputes how the holdings in these cases readily synthesize to provide useful guidance that will be relevant, for example, in disputes about generative artificial intelligence.
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PIJIP 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 in preparation for the WIPO Secretary Briefing for the Committee on IP and Development.
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PIJIP Senior Research Analyst Andres Izquierdo named Co-Chair of the Sub-Committee on AI and Copyright at the American Intellectual Property Law Association
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