In Part I of this blogpost, I briefly set out the procedural history of the copyright reform process that led to the Presidential Referral of the Bill to the Constitutional Court. I also briefly ...

This blog post is in two parts: Part I deals with the procedural history that led to the Presidential Referral of the Bill and sets out an overview of the referral proceedings, and Part II deals with ...

TK’s defiance of epistemic borders is its reality before the current melding of all kinds of boundaries – disciplinary, ...

The superstructure of knowledge governance is western intellectual property. It was designed without regard to TK and its producers. The international order has never given any serious attention to ...

The 48th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) is considering two submissions from various delegations on Graphical ...

In February 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released the report “Identifying the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy: Context and Direction for Economic Research”, ...

Luca Schirru About the Report In February 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released the report “Identifying the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for ...

In general, WIPO strives to operate based on consensus and one or a few members can often block progress. But the rules of operation for WIPO actually allow for votes and majority rule. There is a ...

Sean Flynn One of the questions swirling around Geneva these days is whether one country can block all progress alone. In WIPO last week, the U.S. laid down a couple gauntlets that may reappear at the ...