(This html text may contain from errors from an OCR scan. Official copies of the text and a meeting report are also attached at the end of this note. See also the timeline regarding the origins of the 1967 protocol.) U.N.T.S.… Continue Reading
KEI has shared this analysis of the WIPO negotiations on a broadcasting treaty with negotiators. WIPO-Broadcast-Treaty-Analysis-28Feb2023 Brief update 1: The WIPO negotiations on a broadcasting treaty began in 1997. This week, the broadcasters hope to finally get an SCCR node… Continue Reading
USTR-Special301-2023-KEI-coments KEI comments on the 2023 USTR Special 301 Review Comments provided by James Love, on behalf of Knowledge Ecology International 110 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002 Telephone: +1.202.332.2670 James.Love@KEIOnline.Org In response to Federal Register Notice: Docket Number USTR-2022-0016… Continue Reading
On 6 December 2022, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on Chapter III (Achieving equity in, for and through pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health system) of the conceptual zero draft at the third session of… Continue Reading
28 questions for broadcast treaty May 12, 2022 Term of protection 1. The 1971 Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms and The 1974 Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, 11 May 2022, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on a proposal by the African Group for a Draft work Program on Exceptions and Limitations. Knowledge Ecology International supports the Proposal by the African Group for… Continue Reading
These were my notes from the KEI intervention on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at WIPO SCCR 42, on the proposed WIPO broadcasting treaty. This is essentially a related rights treaty, and goes far beyond the control of signal piracy. And… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, 27 April 2022 from 14:00 CEST to 16:00 CEST, the South Centre, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), and the Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) will convene a workshop to prepare for the… Continue Reading
These are the additional comments to the WHO Public Hearing on a possible WHO treaty or other instrument on pandemic preparedness and response (KEI also provided oral testimony at the hearing, and filed earlier comments here). Luis Gil Abinader –… Continue Reading
A treaty on pandemic preparedness and response is an opportunity to create a framework that addresses a multitude of issues, including but not limited to these four topics. 1. The treaty should create norms and mechanisms for governments to share… Continue Reading