Intellectual Property:

Move Toward New Pan-African IP Organisation Alarms Observers

http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/09/27/move-toward-new-pan-african-ip-organisation-alarms-observers/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Make the IP system compatible with the Union’s human rights obligations

http://acta.ffii.org/?p=1649

WIPO Assembly Opens With Talk of More Treaties

http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/10/02/wipo-assembly-opens-with-talk-of-more-treaties/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Tech transfer snags (SA)

http://www.fm.co.za/fm/Fox/2012/10/03/tech-transfer-snags

Posner on Copyright: Restrictive Fair Use a Risk To Creativity

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6645/125/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

A Plea for Open Science in Medicine

http://www.forbes.com/sites/harlankrumholz/2012/10/04/a-plea-for-open-science-in-medicine/

Public access and development - The impact of public access venues and the benefits of libraries

https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/20918/Global%20Impact%20Study%20brief%201.pdf?sequence=1

Making Open Access work in the Social Sciences

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1214&context=charleston

Research matters: Students will reap the benefits of new thinking on access to valuable research materials

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/research-matters-students-will-reap-the-benefits-of-new-thinking-on-access-to-valuable-research-materials-8167978.html

 

Traditional Knowledge:

WIPO Members (Again) Intensify Talks On Genetic Material, TK, Folklore

http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/10/07/wipo-members-again-intensify-talks-on-genetic-material-tk-folklore/

 

Conference alert:

International Science, Technology and Engineering Conference – ISTEC 2012

13-15 December 2012,  Dubai

www.iste-c.net