Intellectual Property:

Inside Views- Collaborative Capacity Building In Intellectual Property: Leveraging On African Diaspora Exchange

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/01/02/collaborative-capacity-building-in-intellectual-property-leveraging-on-african-diaspora-exchange/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

WIPO Advances Toward Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Persons with Print Disabilities, Morocco Offers to Host Diplomatic Conference

http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2012/article_0026.html

EIFL welcomes groundbreaking WIPO decision

http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-welcomes-groundbreaking-wipo-decision

Copyright Commission urges industry to deliver innovative solutions for greater access to online content

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-1394_en.htm?locale=en

Russia, U.S. to Improve Intellectual Property Rights Protection

http://geneva.usmission.gov/2012/12/27/intellectual-property-rights-protection/

UK implementation of Directive 2011/77: have your say!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/uk-implementation-of-directive-201177.html

 

Traditional Knowledge:

WIPO TK Dates for 2013

http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/tk/en/documents/pdf/igc_work_program_2013_-_ga_decision.pdf

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Doing Research?  Want to know the process?

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

Information policies in Asia: development of indicators

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0020/002070/207048e.pdf

In Defence of Open Access Systems

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/in-defence-of-open-access-systems/article4257197.ece

Why Openness Benefits Research

https://opencitations.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/why-openness-benefits-research/

A Journey to Open Access, Part 2

http://tonyhey.net/2013/01/04/a-journey-to-open-access-part-2/

Older dissertations and theses may be freer than you think: a view from Texas A&M

http://sites.tdl.org/fuse/?p=320