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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group (19th session)

Feb 4

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group (19th session)

February 4 @ 12:00 am - February 6 @ 11:59 pm CET

Patents, PCT, IPC
Fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement

Feb 9

Fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement

February 9 @ 9:00 am - February 14 @ 5:00 pm UTC+0

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Extraordinary Session of the Coordination Committee to nominate candidate for appointment to the post of Director General of WIPO

Feb 12

Extraordinary Session of the Coordination Committee to nominate candidate for appointment to the post of Director General of WIPO

February 12 - February 13

* All WIPO Meetings
IPC Union – Committee of Experts (57th session)

Feb 24

IPC Union – Committee of Experts (57th session)

February 24 - February 26

Patents, PCT, IPC
Just AI in Africa

Feb 26

Just AI in Africa

February 26 @ 8:00 am - February 28 @ 5:00 pm UTC+0

* Geneva Centre & Partners
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, IGC (52nd session)

Mar 4

Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, IGC (52nd session)

March 4 @ 12:00 am - March 13 @ 11:59 pm CET

Traditional Knowledge, IGC
Sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement

Mar 23

Sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement

March 23 @ 9:00 am - March 28 @ 5:00 pm UTC+0

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Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (49th session)

Mar 30

Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (49th session)

March 30 - April 2

Trademarks, GIs, AOs, Design
Webinar on the Limitations and Exceptions Agenda at WIPO

Apr 9

Webinar on the Limitations and Exceptions Agenda at WIPO

Virtual Event

4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

* Geneva Centre & Partners
Extraordinary Session of the WIPO General Assembly, Paris Union Assembly, and Berne Union Assembly to appoint the Director General

Apr 21

Extraordinary Session of the WIPO General Assembly, Paris Union Assembly, and Berne Union Assembly to appoint the Director General

All day

* All WIPO Meetings
IPC Union – IPC Revision Working Group (55th session)

Apr 27

IPC Union – IPC Revision Working Group (55th session)

April 27 - May 1

Patents, PCT, IPC
Committee of Experts of the Nice Union (36th session)

Apr 27

Committee of Experts of the Nice Union (36th session)

April 27 - May 1

Trademarks, GIs, AOs, Design

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The Geneva Centre on Knowledge Governance

The Centre on Knowledge Governance is a project of American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) and the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies with the support of the Arcadia Fund. The Centre continues the long history of PIJIP’s work promoting the public interest in international IP law. The Centre also draws on the Geneva Graduate Institute’s position as a pioneering provider of research and training for diplomats, development officials and students seeking international careers.

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Research Coordinator: Luca Schirru

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.

Counsel: Susan Isiko Štrba

Dr. Susan Isiko Štrba combines teaching and research with providing policy and legislative advice and technical training to governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society. She focuses mainly on human rights, intellectual property (IP), trade and development. Dr Isiko Štrba is the author of International Copyright Law and Access to Education in Developing Countries: Exploring Multilateral Legal and Quasi-Legal Solutions, a leading guide to the functioning of international copyright law for the public interest in developing countries. She has also published numerous journal articles in the field of human rights, trade, IP and development.

She currently researches the interface of technology, intellectual property and the African Continental Free Trade Area. She is a member of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) and a member of the Executive Council of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL). Dr Isiko Štrba has taught Intellectual property, competition law and human rights in various institutions including: the Boston University (Geneva International Campus), The Graduate Institute, Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (TRAPCA), the International University in Geneva, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and the WIPO Academy.

Counsel: Andrés Izquierdo

Andrés Izquierdo is Senior Research Analyst for our project on the Right to Research in International Copyright. He conducts high-impact research, provides training to a global network of change-makers, and connects a global academic network to the work of global and domestic organizations that represent researchers, libraries, museums, archives, educational and research institutions.

Before joining PIJIP, Andrés Izquierdo practiced law through his award-winning intellectual property and cyber law practice in Colombia. He has been named one of the best entertainment law attorneys in Colombia by the publications Best Lawyers (2020), and top Intellectual Property practitioner by Chambers and Partners (2014-2020), and is author of the book Cyberlaw by Wolters Kluwer. Izquierdo was previously Business and Legal Director for Sony Music Entertainment in the Andean Region, and litigation partner in Palacio, Izquierdo & Ballesteros, an intellectual property law firm in Colombia. He has LLM degrees in Intellectual Property from American University Washington College of Law and from the University of Turin – WIPO, and a law degree from Universidad de Los Andes.

Communications Director: Ben Cashdan

Ben Cashdan is a economist and television producer in South Africa. He was an economic advisor in the South African Presidency under President Nelson Mandela, focusing on capacity building and local economic development. Since 2000 Ben has served as executive producer of a number of television series on democracy and development for global broadcasters. In 2015 Ben co-founded ReCreate South Africa, a coalition of creators and users of copyrighted material in South Africa, working together for fair and balanced copyright reform and access to knowledge.

Ben has a masters degree in Social and Political Sciences from Kings College Cambridge and a Postgraduate Certificate in Economics from the London School of Economics. Ben also continued his postgraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in the Department of Economic Geography. He was South African producer for Harry Belafonte’s biographical documentary Sing Your Song. Ben has also produced 4 episodes of The World Debate on BBC World News. He developed and produced the first season of South2North on Al Jazeera English, the first global talk show to be produced in Africa for a major global broadcaster. In December 2013 Cashdan produced an episode of BBC Question Time on South Africa after Mandela.

Ben has directed a number of broadcast media projects on democracy and development in partnership with agencies including the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Development Programme and the African Leadership Academy.

Director: Sean Michael Flynn

Professor Flynn researches and teaches on the intersection of intellectual property, international law, and human rights. Professor Flynn designs and manages a wide variety of research and advocacy projects that promote the public interest in intellectual property and information law. Professor Flynn Chairs the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights and is a founding member of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest.

He is Editor in Chief of Infojustice.org, a leading public interest law and policy blog. He is a special faculty appointment at American University Washington College of Law, visiting Scholar at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law (IViR), and Senior Research Associate at the University of Cape Town’s Intellectual Property Unit. Prior to joining WCL, Professor Flynn completed a Fulbright Fellowship, was clerk to Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson, South African Constitutional Court and Judge Raymond Fisher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, practiced law at Spiegel & McDiarmid and the Consumer Project on Technology, and served on the policy team advising then Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Deval Patrick.

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