Four new proposals for SCCR 47
The World Intellectual property Organization (WIPO) has published four new proposals on ways forward for some of its key work streams in the Standing Committee on Copyright and related Rights […]
Limitations and Exceptions
Balanced Copyright Protection in the UK-India CETA
The full text of the Intellectual Property Chapter of the United Kingdom-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, signed on July 24, 2025, is now available for review. Overall, it
WIPO General Assembly Meeting on SCCR Expresses Consensus for Progress on Broadcast and L&E Instruments
Sean Flynn, Luca Schirru, Talia Deady The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held its General Assembly (GA) this week, including a review of the progress and recommendations of the Standing
WIPO GA Opening Statements Signal Debates Ahead
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s General Assembly finished the opening statements of Member States and is now moving toward its substantive work. This note includes quotes of some of the
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 Graduate Institute. Organized by American University’s Program on Information Justice
The Great Flip: Can Opt-Outs be a Permitted Exception? Part II
By Lokesh Vyas and Yogesh Badwal. This post was originally published on Spicy IP. In the previous part, we examined whether the opt-out mechanism, as claimed in Gen-AI litigations, constitutes a prohibited formality
The Great Flip: Is Opt Out a Prohibited Formality under the Berne Convention? Part I
By Lokesh Vyas and Yogesh Badwal. This post was originally published on Spicy IP. Bonjour, Lately, we’ve been cogitating on this curious concept called the “opt-out”, which has been cropping
The South African Copyright Amendment Bill at the Constitutional Court: Notes from the Presidential Referral of the Bill (Part II)
In Part I of this blogpost, I briefly set out the procedural history of the copyright reform process that led to the Presidential Referral of the Bill to the Constitutional
The South African Copyright Amendment Bill at the Constitutional Court: Notes from the Presidential Referral of the Bill (Part I)
On 21 and 22 May 2025, the South African Constitutional Court heard the matter of Ex Parte President of the Republic of South Africa: In re Constitutionality of the Copyright
Educational exceptions in Copyright Amendment Bill are mandated by international law and the Constitution
By Faranaaz Veriava and Anne Marie Strohwald The Constitutional Court [in South Africa] will on 21 and 22 May 2025 hear submissions relating to the constitutionality of the Copyright Amendment Bill
