On Friday the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) ruled in favor of Hachette and other major book publishers, and against Internet Archive (IA) in a lawsuit considering IA’s Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) program, under which IA scanned books and “loaned” digital copies of copyrighted works over the internet. Read more
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C-IP2 2023 Spring Progress Report (December 2022-February 2023)
Greetings from C-IP2 Faculty Director Seán O’Connor
With this Spring 2023 Progress Report, we’re pleased to provide you with updates on what C-IP2 and our friends and affiliates have been working on from December 2022 through February 2023, from academic roundtables and other events to publications and various engagements. Read more
C-IP2 2022 Winter Progress Report (September-November 2022)
Greetings from C-IP2 Faculty Director Seán O’Connor
With warmest wishes for the holiday season, we present our last report of 2022. This has been the year in which many of our programs were held in person again. We are grateful to our community for supporting the transition back to in-person events. Read more
Policy Brief: The TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines, and Its Potential Expansion: Assessing the Impact on Global IP Protection and Public Health
This policy brief, including the following “Introduction and Executive Summary,” comes from Eric M. Solovy.
CLICK HERE to read the brief in full.
Introduction and Executive Summary
On June 17, 2022, in the early morning hours of the final day of the World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) 12th Ministerial Conference, the Members of the WTO adopted a waiver of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“the TRIPS Agreement”), commonly known as the “TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines” or the “TRIPS Waiver.” Read more
C-IP2 2022 Fall Conference Panel Discusses Copyright Under Pressure
The following post comes from Cala Coffman, a 2L at Scalia Law and Research Assistant at C-IP2.
At the recent C-IP2 conference entitled IP on the Wane: IP on the Wane: Examining the Impacts as IP Rights Are Reduced, one panel discussed the current state of copyright law, the pressures it has come under in recent years, and their differing perspectives on how the digital world is shaping copyright. Read more
C-IP2 2022 Fall Progress Report (June-August 2022)
Greetings from C-IP2 Faculty Director Seán O’Connor
As our fall season of programming is underway, we are pleased to report on summer (June-August) programming and scholarship at C-IP2. Here are some highlights:
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- Fifth annual exclusive WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property virtually hosted about fifty students from around the world, taught by renowned experts from the academy and industry
- Fourteen new Senior Scholars and Scholars (several of whom are former CPIP/C-IP2 Edison Fellows)
- Professor Alexandra Roberts of Northeastern University joins in our new position of Senior Fellow for Trademarks
- Three amicus briefs in major IP cases drafted and filed by C-IP2 staff and affiliates
We also organized the 2022-2023 Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship and C-IP2’s 2022 Annual Fall Conference during this period—both of which were successfully held in person and will be included in next quarter’s Progress Report. Read more
C-IP2 Statement Commemorating Marybeth Peters
C-IP2 is saddened by the death of former Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters — an accomplished and inspiring copyright lawyer who led the U.S. Copyright Office from 1994-2010. Register Peters began her love affair with copyright on Valentines Day of 1966 with her appointment as a music examiner in the former Music Section of the Examining Division. Read more
FTC Chair and Commissioners Weigh in on SEP Litigation at the ITC
Philips and Thales’ Standard Essential Patent Fight at the Federal Circuit, District Court, and ITC
The following post comes from Jack Ring, a rising 2L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. Click here for a related post.
I. INTRODUCTION
On July 13, 2022, the Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of Thales DIS AIS Deutschland GMBH’s (Thales) motion to enjoin Koninklijke Philips N.V. Read more
From Great Ideas to Global Impact – A Talk with Andrew Byrnes
The following post comes from Tuan Tran, a rising 3L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2.
Small ideas can lead to big changes, which in turn can make a significant impact on the world, but—as technology executive, attorney, and investor Andrew Byrnes knows well—this is no easy task. Read more