On Tuesday, 1 October 2019, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following opening statement at the 2019 WIPO General Assembly. Thank you Chair. KEI opposes any further work at the SCCR on a broadcast treaty, given the confusion over the objectives… Continue Reading
Today, in his address to the U.K. Labour party conference, Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn made the following statement on drug patents and prices. Yesterday I met Luis Walker, a wonderful nine-year-old boy. Luis is living with cystic fibrosis. Every day… Continue Reading
KEI letter to FTC regarding interoperability remedies to address unlawful and anti-competitive actions by Facebook Today KEI sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking that the FTC require Facebook to extend interoperability remedies to third party… Continue Reading
On Agenda item 11.7 – Access to medicines and vaccines, KEI offers the following comments on the transparency resolution. 1. Transparency should not be controversial. Policy makers and the public need to have better evidence in order to support policies… Continue Reading
KEI was one of 13 groups to support Public.Resource.Org in this important litigation over the ability of state governments to “leverage copyright to raise access barriers to important sources of legal information.” Charles Duan for the R-Street Institute is the… Continue Reading
In April 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published a new version (SCCR/38/10) of the WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations. Currently, the proposed treaty anticipates the scope of application to include new beneficiaries such as on-demand… Continue Reading
The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is winding down. The chair’s summary draft is still in works. However, here is the final recommendation regarding the broadcasting to the next WIPO General Assembly: “9. An agreement was reached on… Continue Reading
On Friday, 5 April 2019, the 38th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR 38) proposed the following draft recommendation to the 2019 WIPO General Assembly in relation to the WIPO Broadcasting Treaty. April 5, 3:00 PM Draft Recommendation… Continue Reading
KEI intervention at SCCR 38, on copyright limitations and exceptions April 3, 2019 KEI suggests the WIPO SCCR increase its ambitions on access to knowledge, making it more political, and while more challenging, more worth the investment of time and… Continue Reading