On the fourteenth of June, the European parliament passed sweeping legislation on the regulation of artificial intelligence. The parliament’s position was backed with an overwhelming majority of 499 votes in favor and 28 against, with 93 abstentions. The legislation, which… Continue Reading
On May 31, 2023, the US Copyright Office hosted a listening session on artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright. Below are notes from KEI’s oral statement. Copyright Office Listening Session on AI and Copyright KEI Statement May 31, 2023 My name… Continue Reading
KEI-USPTO-fees18may2023 Testimony of James Love Representing Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) regarding the opportunities to use differential USPTO fees to achieve additional social objectives USPTO Patent Public Advisory Committee Public Hearing on the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule May 18, 2023 Introduction… Continue Reading
On Thursday, 16 March 2023, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on the future work of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). KEI encourages the SCCR to include in its future work, the topics of… Continue Reading
I’m in a two day meeting in Geneva on new approaches to affordable monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and it made me think of a provision found in some bills that have been proposed or introduced in the U.S. Congress to force… Continue Reading
What is the role of model laws in norm setting for intellectual property? DATE: Tuesday, 14 March 2023 TIME: 18:00 to 20:00 VENUE: Room B CONVENER: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) cordially invites you to attend our… Continue Reading
In 2023, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has elected to continue conducting its Special 301 Review process virtually, with no in-person hearing, as in the years prior to 2020. In this virtual process, after stakeholders have submitted… Continue Reading
The text of 1971 Berne Convention Appendix on Special Provisions Regarding Developing Countries is available here: (html) These are excerpts from the records of the 1971 diplomatic conference where the Appendix was discussed: Views of governments and NGOs on the… Continue Reading
The text of the 1967 Protocol for Developing Countries in the Stockholm Revision of the Berne Convention is available here (html). What did the 1967 Protocol do? As a bid to encourage newly independent developing countries to join the Berne… Continue Reading
(This timeline is part of a larger project at KEI regarding an evaluation of the 1971 Appendix to the Berne Convention on “SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.) In 1970, Charles F. Johnson wrote “The Origins of the Stockholm Protocol, 18… Continue Reading