Intellectual Property:

South Africa: DA Welcomes Zuma's Decision On Non-Viable Intellectual Property Bills

http://allafrica.com/stories/201209240830.html

Handbags at Dawn 1: fashion, copyright and trade marks

http://ipkitten.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/handbags-at-dawn-1-fashion-copyright.html

An open letter to America’s publishers from ALA President Maureen Sullivan

http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=11508

 

Traditional Knowledge:

Update on WIPO TK Matters

http://www.wipo.int/tk/en

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access Week (21-28 October 2012) – start preparing to celebrate this day!

http://www.openaccessweek.org/

 

Conference alert:

Call for papers:4th China-Japan-Korea Library and Information Science Conference

November 30-December 1, 2012, Busan, Korea

Theme: Knowledge Organization: Issues and Trends

http://info.lib.pusan.ac.kr/