IFLA has joined with partners in signing a call for World Trade Organisation Members to make it clear that where intellectual property rights make it more difficult to tackle COVID-19 and its consequences, governments should be able to take steps to enable use of protected works. Read More
2021 has begun and IFLA is already on the way to being a busy year. While all libraries are facing information access problems because of COVID-19, we are committed to continuing efforts to build better opportunities for users through improved legal frameworks for copyright. Find out what our plans and expectations are for 2021. Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the importance for libraries to be able to provide services to users through digital channels, and the serious challenges faced in doing so. We interviewed the Library Association of Ireland to find out more about the situation there, and what they are doing about it. Read More
On 16-20 November 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization hosted the 40th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). The objective of this meeting – the first in over a year – was to take stock of work so far, and explore steps forwards on the Committee’s agenda, including its work on exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries, archives and museums. Read More
On 16-20 November 2020, the fortieth session of the Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization will begin. The sessions will take place every day from 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm (CET). An important meeting in a pandemic context In the context of a global pandemic, WIPO has needed to be flexible, and so is organizing, in agreement with its members, an online meeting to continue discussions on the agenda developed previously at the last meeting in October 2019. Read More
The 40th meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) takes place on 16-20 November 2020 in virtual format. As the first meeting of the Committee in over a year, it is an opportunity both to catch up on the work… Read More
The third in a series of conversations about the interaction between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) will focus on questions around definitions, capacity building, and use of AI in IP administration. Building on the issues paper prepared by the World Intellectual Property Organization,… Read More
​ Lisa Hinchliffe (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) has undertaken research into copyright education among library associations in order to build an understanding of the current landscape, and to identify needs for development. The webinar will include a presentation of the results of the study developed with her students,… Read More
The International Science Council (ISC) is working together with science funders to bring together insights and ideas from the scientific community to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN's 2030 Agenda. Read More
This year’s Global Conference on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest will take place online. With a strong focus on how intellectiul property laws, including copyright have affected the response to COVID-19, it provides a useful opportunity to get up to speed with the latest discussions and developments. Read More