The proposal, introduced initially by Colombia on behalf of GRULAC, aimed to address a persistent problem: the underfunding of the Voluntary Fund, which currently serves as the only dedicated ...

Efforts to expand WIPO’s external offices again resulted in a deadlock. Some countries, such as India, Colombia, and Iran, advocated for greater geographic equity and delinking evaluation from ...

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 ...

The most prominent AI companies are in the Global North and increasingly in China. These companies generally operate in jurisdictions with more permissive copyright exceptions, which enable Text and ...

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) convened the 39th session of its Program and Budget Committee (PBC) from ...

Brazil, India, and Peru have called the inclusion of a discussion on the relationship of the TRIPS Agreement and CBD as part of the mandate of the 14th Ministerial Conference of 2026.

Colombia emphasized that the proposal had the support of most GRULAC members and was developed in consultation with delegations from other regional groups. It was presented in response to the ...

The district court in Romanova, acting on its own initiative, dismissed the plaintiff’s copyright infringement claim on the basis of the defendant’s use being a fair use, even though the defendant had ...

The MEEPA is a tentatively concluded trade agreement between Malaysia and EFTA (the European Free Trade Association of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) that may soon be signed by the ...

The 51st session was unique in many ways. It was co-chaired by Anna Vuopala (Finland) and Erika Patriota (Brazil). Respectively, each of the two Chairs superintended over two failed IGCs – IGC 49 and ...

Who has the ability to take language data from African communities and develop an AI tool? Anyone with the capability can do that. And you’ll find that there are certain jurisdictions that have more ...

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 ...