Intellectual Property:

EIFL statement in support of LDC TRIPS waiver

http://www.eifl.net/eifl-statement-support-lcd-trips-waiver

26 February 2013: UNDP/UNAIDS support LDC request for an extension to the TRIPS transition period

http://keionline.org/node/1664

Starting in 2013, Copyright Owners (and Heirs) Can Break Contracts & Recapture Copyrights

http://www.copylaw.org/p/termination-of-book-music-publishing_17.html

 

Traditional Knowledge:

Academics Criticise Handling Of Cultural Diversity, Traditional Knowledge At International Level

 http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/03/06/academics-criticise-handling-of-cultural-diversity-traditional-knowledge-at-international-level/ 

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Financial Realities — A New Analysis Suggests OA Will Have a Benign Effect on Publishers

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/03/05/financial-realities-a-new-analysis-suggests-oa-will-have-a-benign-effect-on-publishers/

https://www.research.hsbc.com/midas/Res/RDV?ao=20&key=RxArFbnG1P&n=360010.PDF

CKAN – open source data portal software

http://ckan.org/

Can we have Open Data without Open Access?

http://openeconomics.net/category/events/

Social Network Could Revolutionize Disease Treatment

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/02/patients-like-me-platform/

Now! Easily Distracted

http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2013/01/14/now/

How Corporations Score Big Profits By Limiting Access To Publicly Funded Academic Research

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/03/03/1633451/reed-elsevier-lobbying-academic-publishing/?mobile=nc

Open Access and the Author-Pays Problem: Assuring Access for Readers and Authors in a Global Community of Scholars

http://jlsc-pub.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1064&context=jlsc

Open Educational Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources

 

Conference Alerts:

African Conference on the Strategic Importance of IP Policies to Foster Innovation, Value Creation and Competitiveness

12-13 March 2013 - Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2013/wipo_inn_dar_13/

The 21st Annual Fordham intellectual Property Law and Policy Conference

4-5 April 2013, New York City, USA

http://fordhamipconference.com/

World Creators Summit

4-5 June 2013 – Washington, DC, USA

(http://www.copyrightsummit.com/

Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities

June 17 to 28, 2013 – Marrakesh, Morocco

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=28722