Sean Flynn

Join us Thurs, Sept 25 @ 6PM ET for the 14th Annual Jaszi IP Lecture at AUWCL! Prof. Wend Wendland (former WIPO TK Director) speaks on the new WIPO Treaty on TK & Genetic Resources.

Reception to follow, register here: https://loom.ly/eLvPm9o

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Join us for the in-person launch of the Centre on Knowledge Governance after the Peter A. Jaszi Lecture—Sept 25, 6PM ET at AU Washington College of Law. Hosted by PIJIP & the Geneva Graduate Institute. Register: https://loom.ly/1xbPZRQ

What's the future of Traditional Knowledge, given resistance to the WIPO TK Treaty?

Join Wend Wendland at American University & online on 25 Sept and hear more about the Centre on Knowledge Governance.

Registration: t.ly/DnrRK

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I invite you to follow the new Centre on Knowledge Governance, a partnership of PIJIP and the Geneva Graduate Institute which I am launching this week Thursday at the Jaszi Lecture at AUWCL.

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Researchers find Llama 3.1 recalls large parts of popular copyrighted books, possibly weakening AI industry claims that such memorization is fringe behavior (Timothy B. Lee/Understanding AI)

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WIPO IGC negotiation on the mandate on whether and how to continue the negotiation of an instrument on traditional cultural expressions and traditional knowledge is hitting bumps, with a proposal by the US to restrict the mandate to just one meeting per year. infojustice.org/archives/46454

US Copyright Office AI Report pt.3: "transformativeness is a matter of degree, and ... will depend on the functionality of the model and how it is deployed. On one end of the spectrum, training a model is most transformative when the purpose is to deploy it for research" p.46

The @who.int is trying to conclude a long negotiation on pandemic treaty, today. This addresses one of the outstanding issues.

!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky

please join me in the fight to save our libraries.

EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.

They could just show them for free. 😉

I would be shocked if the @wipo.int Broadcast Treaty is recommended for a diplomatic conference by #sccr46 The text appears to be a long way off from the consensus described by the chair in SCCR 45. It is not carefully limited to signal piracy and has many provisions on post-fixation activities.

American University's IP program @pijip.bsky.social has been ranked #6 in the USA.

The United States Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process. The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable.

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

As part of the A2K Coalition, we are deeply concerned that the draft broadcast treaty currently under discussion at @WIPO is still too broad, encroaching the Public Domain and preventing public interest uses. #SCCR46
More: communia-association.org/publication/...

An image of a dartboard with text: IFLA.org Maintain focus, priorities delivery: IFLA's s goals for SCCR46

Work at #WIPO has potential to ensure that #libraries can support access to knowledge, research, education & culture for all without fearing to break the law

Find out more about the issues on the table at #SCCR46 this week in Geneva! bit.ly/4jrsor7

Grace Nyongesa, from Kenya’s University Academic Staff Union, delivers a clear message:

🔊 “Broadcast materials are vital for quality education— in times of crisis and every day. Teachers and researchers need fair access."

#GoPublic 📡 Don’t cut the signal!

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#SCCR46 #WIPO

India #SCCR46 "There is a need for thorough consideration of the impact of ... fixation and post fixation rights. The idea of providing mandatory exceptions and limitations should be explored."

Nigeria @wipo.int #sccr46 "The implications of this particularly regarding its scope of rights, limitations and exceptions and its potential impact on access to information must be fully understood and carefully weighed."

Africa Group @wipo.int #sccr46 "we note that discussions remain complex and Member States continue to hold divergent views on the scope and nature of the protection. ... extending exclusive rights to broadcasters particularly beyond the protection of the signal would have unintended consequences."

US @wipo.int #sccr46 "the US remains concerned the draft continues to exceed the GA mandate for a signal based approach to protect broadcasters in the traditional sense and accordingly in our view significant work remains to be done on this text."

African Group @wipo.int #SCCR46 "The African Group is looking forward to discussing textual proposals on implementing the work plan on LNEs contained in document SCCR/43/8REF."

"The group reiterates its view that a determination as to whether and how Intellectual Property rights should apply with respect to broadcasting is also a development to the issue that requires a delicate balance."

APG @wipo.int #SCCR46: "Most members of the group are of the view that the scope of the Broadcast Treaty should be confined to the protection of broadcasting and cablecasting organizations in the traditional sense and that the Treaty should be narrowly focused on a signal-based approach."

#SCCR46 @wipo.int "GRULAC is favorable to holding a diplomatic conference which will allow us to find a satisfactory end to this large process and allow the Committee to focus on emerging issues, notably challenges and opportunities is thrown up by the developing digital environment.”

Chair Facilitator: "our view as drafters is that this document is mature enough to warrant a convocation of a Diplomatic Conference. There may be other contentious issues. But those contentious issues can be thrashed out during a Diplomatic Conference." #BroadcastTreaty @wipo.int #SCCR

Interesting question. It could certainly be in the mix, but I have not heard it being considered so far. Maybe it is an interesting time for a blog or short article. Ip cross retaliation can have the benefit of decreasing, instead of increasing, costs in the retaliating country.

YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty AI and the Right to Research: CIPIL Spring Conference 2025

Next was a wide-ranging talk by @profseanflynn.bsky.social on AI and the right to research at @cambridgelaw.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=avbr... (7/12)

AI for Good? As the world grapples with how to tame AI's worst effects, we reflect on how some AI could promote health and culture in the Global South. 7 April 6pm CET. Join blackstripe.live/SideEvent
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Among the insights from Simon: At the top of the list of most sanctioned countries are Lesotho at 50%, Cambodia at 49%, Laos at 48%, Madagascar at 47%, Vietnam at 46%, and Myanmar at 45%.

Good morning! I had some thoughts on the "reciprocal tariff" madness from last night.