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US-China Relations and the World Trade Organization
On June 28, 2022, the Trade, Investment and Development Program at Washington College of Law (WCL) organized a panel of expert speakers, to talk about U.S.-China trade relations.
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Prof. Sean Flynn Presents Work in Progress on Copyright and Cross-Border Uses of Research Materials
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Prof. Christine Haight Farley Quoted in Dwell Magazine on Furniture Design Infringement
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Prof. Sean Flynn Presents Paper on Copyright Exceptions for Research at "Rethinking Copyright Flexibilities"
PIJIP Director Sean Flynn recently presented his paper Research Exceptions in Comparative Copyright at a conference on "Rethinking Copyright Flexibilities" in Nicosia, Cyprus. The paper classifies countries based on the degree to which they have a research exception in their law that is sufficiently open to be able to permit reproduction and communications of copyrighted work needed for academic (i.e. non-commercial) text and data mining (TDM) research.
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ICYMI: Patents and the Public Interest Event Series Posted to PIJIP's YouTube Channel
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New PIJIP Working Paper: The Status of Reproduction Rights Organisations (RROs) in Africa
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WCL’S First Annual Virtual Currency Law, Regulation, and Policy Institute
On Thursday, October 13, 2022, WCL’s Business Law Program and the Digital Asset Law Project hosted a hybrid event on new virtual currency regulations and the way forward in navigating this newly charged yet unclear financial and regulatory space. With an introduction by Professor V. Gerard Comizio, Associate Director of the Business Law Program, the event began with a fireside chat and interview with Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero, a current CTFC Commissioner nominated by President Biden. Commissioner Goldsmith Romero discussed the effects of the retail investor footprint on the CFTC’s approach to regulating digital assets, President Biden’s Executive Order 14067 on expanding access to “safe and affordable financial services,” and future federal legislations to promote responsible financial innovation and a more active role for the CFTC to regulate digital assets.
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100 Years of International Intellectual Property Law
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LA Time Publishes Op-Ed by PIJIP Senior Policy Fellow Charles Duan
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