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Intellectual Property:
Why “Intellectual Property” is a Misnomer
https://www.niskanencenter.org/new-paper-why-intellectual-property-is-a-misnomer/
80 Academics urge President Ramaphosa to expedite changes to SA’s patent laws
Patent Rights and Wrongs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: EU and U.S. Approaches to Compulsory Licensing
New Policy Paper on Fundamental Rights as a Limit to Copyright during Emergencies
http://infojustice.org/archives/42356
Data Mining under the revised Swiss Copyright Act
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=fc874515-d63a-4d05-aa60-fd06c9e19fa6
Reversion laws: what’s happening elsewhere in the world?
What If we could reimage copyright?
https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n2190/pdf/book.pdf
Copyright Enforcement in the Digital Age: When the Remedy is the Wrong
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3374048
Protecting Exceptions against Contract Override - A Review of Provisions for Libraries
Copyright L&E for nonprofit performance of music, found constitutional
Every Melody has been copyrighted and they are now released into the public domain
Article 13 of the New EU Copyright Directive: What Future For Content Creators And Fair Use On YouTube?
Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation in the Time of the Corona Epidemic
http://infojustice.org/archives/42291
The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 48: Sam Trosow and Lisa Macklem on Copyright and Fair Dealing During a Pandemic
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2020/04/lawbytes-podcast-episode-48/
How Did Fair Use Get into the Korean Copyright Act?
http://infojustice.org/archives/42342
WIPO Responds to Call to Act With New Tools on IP/COVID
http://infojustice.org/archives/42338
New Leadership at WIPO
https://www.eifl.net/blogs/new-leadership-wipo
Beyond the Marrakesh VIP Treaty: Typology of copyright access‐enabling provisions for persons
with disabilities - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jwip.12144
Know Your Rights as an Author in Open Access Publications
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1354&context=numeracy