In the negotiations of a Design Law Treaty, there is considerable debate on whether countries will be able to ensure disclosure of Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic ...

In the recent LAION vs. Kneschke case, the Hamburg District Court addressed the application of Germany’s text and data mining (TDM) exceptions under the Copyright Directive. This is one of the first ...

Based on the ‘Rapporteur’s vote supplement,’ we highlight the following issues as particularly relevant: (i) transparency and information on the use of protected works in AI systems’ training (art. 60 ...

Whether AI companies can use copyrighted data, such as images, books, and news articles, under the “fair use” doctrine is yet to be clarified by courts in the United States, but major lawsuits are ...

In this blog post, leading Design Law Professor Sarah Burstein argues that the negotiating draft of the WIPO Design Law Treaty contains a little noticed provision, buried in its “regulations,” that ...

The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property of the American University Washington College of Law is conducting interdisciplinary research into the ...

A lawsuit filed against six major academic publishers alleges that restrictive practices that maximize profits at the expense of scholars and the public violate U.S. antirust laws (see Reuters). The ...

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In this blog post, leading Design Law Professor Sarah Burstein argues that the negotiating draft of the WIPO Design Law Treaty contains a little noticed provision, buried in its “regulations,” that ...

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Australia could boost funding to transfer sustainable technology to developing countries and make technology and data open and accessible to help implement the UN Pact for the Future, QUT Intellectual ...

A White Paper on Proposed Revisions by the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA), S. 2140, published by Joshua D. Sarnoff and Charles Duan, critiques the 2023 legislation which seeks to revise the ...