In his Jan. 20, 2026 speech at the World Economic Forum , Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recognized that "multilateral institution...

My article " The World Intellectual Property Organization and the sustainable development agenda " is now published.  This paper w...

Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) continued discussions of a possible international instrument dealing with lim...

My latest post on WIPOMonitor.org  notes that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is at the forefront of international organ...

The government of Argentina has submitted an  important proposal  in current negotiations towards an international instrument on limitations...

Does intellectual property have a role in sustainable development?  Of course it does!  But the World Intellectual Property Organization, a ...

In September, the Delhi High Court handed down a groundbreaking  judgement  dismissing Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, ...

Nelson Kantule, from the Kuna Peoples in Panama (Kunas unidos por la madre tierra), and Preston Hardison, policy analyst for the Tulalip Tri...

A draft  study presented last week at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is of particular relevance to Canada.  The revisi...

Discussion of the internationalization of copyright limitations and exceptions, such as expanded exceptions to copyright for libraries, educ...

Here is the poster for my upcoming talk for students at Ryerson University's School of Creative Industries' CREA T.O. speakers'...

My new book, I nternational Copyright and Access to Knowledge ,   is now available from Cambridge University Press . The principle of Ac...

The World Bank's January Digital Dividends report assesses the extent to which information and communication technologies (ICTs) have c...

Some interesting proposals will soon be under discussion at the World Intellectual Property Organization that could free libraries, archives...

Yesterday Industry Minister Candice Bergen introduced Bill C-65, the Support for Canadians with Print Disabilities Act    for first reading...

Big data has a lot to offer, from curing disease  to fostering economic development  to fostering transparency .  At the same time, from go...

I have long called on the Canadian government to join the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind...

The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled , whi...

Francis Gurry has been appointed by the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for a second term as Director...

WIPO has announced that the deadline for nominations has now passed, and four candidates will compete for WIPO's top job as Director Ge...