About Luca
Luca has a PhD from the UFRJ Graduation Program on Public Policy, Development and Strategies (PPED/UFRJ) with a thesis on ‘Copyright and AI Generated Works’ and is a Director of the Brazilian Copyright Institute. He is a research fellow at the Centre for IT & IP Law (KU Leuven) and a post-doctoral researcher at the National Institute of Citizen Science in Brazil. He is a guest professor at the Graduation Program on Public Policy, Development and Strategies (PPED/UFRJ) and professor at the Specialization Program on Intellectual Property Law at PUC-RJ.
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WIPO Committees: background, next meetings and key issues to be considered
The summaries for the WIPO committees IGC, ACE, SCT, SCP, CDIP and SCCR are now available. These reports bring together...
SCCR: Background, next meeting and key issues to be considered
STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS (SCCR) Background “The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) was set...
CDIP: Background, next meeting and key issues to be considered
COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (CDIP) Background “The Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) was established by the...
SCP: Background, next meeting and key issues to be considered
STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS (SCP) Background According to WIPO, “the SCP was created in 1998 to serve...
SCT: Background, next meeting and key issues to be considered
WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF TRADEMARKS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (SCT) Background According to WIPO, “the SCT...
ACE: Background, next meeting and key issues to be considered
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENFORCEMENT (ACE) Background The Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) was established by the WIPO General Assemblies in...
IGC: Background, next meeting and key issues to be considered
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE (IGC) Background The IGC is an ad hoc...
Tracing a Century of Broadcasting Rights Debates: 1928–2025
This timeline provides a detailed view of the developments concerning broadcasting rights within international copyright law. It begins with the...
Copyright Limitations and Exceptions in the SCCR: A Timeline
The timeline presented below details the progression of discussions within the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) regarding Limitations and...
Danish Bill Proposes Using Copyright Law to Combat Deepfakes
Recently, a Danish Bill has been making headlines by addressing issues related to deepfake through a rather uncommon approach: copyright....
Latest Developments on Training GenAI with Copyrighted Works and Some 'What Ifs?'
‘Boring’ is not a word that can be used to describe the past few days for those interested in litigation...
Highlights from the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights Symposium 2025: Principles for Digital Copyright
The Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights Symposium public event took place from June 16-17, 2025, at the Geneva...
EIFL publishes new provision on Secondary Publication Rights
EIFL Draft Law on Copyright On May 27, 2025, EIFL launched an updated version of its Draft Law on Copyright,...
Fair Use and Generative AI: Reading Between the Lines of the USCO Report
At the beginning of May, the report “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence. Part 3: Generative AI Training” was released, sparking a...
Highlights from the USCO Report on the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy (Part 1: Output Phase)
About the Report In February 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office released the report “Identifying the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence...
