Full Description
The past few decades have been witness to a number of important developments with respect to the global intellectual property (IP) system, including shifts in focus between multilateralism and bilateralism/regionalism; growing recognition of the various ways in which IP intersects with and impacts areas including human rights, development, trade, and social justice; broad acknowledgement of the economic value of many IP rights; and important theoretical interventions that have challenged the values underlying the global IP system._x000D_
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These developments have occurred alongside several other events, changes, and crises that have altered the landscape of our global communities. Chief among them are climate change; armed conflicts; the COVID-19 pandemic; economic changes to work; technological shifts including those relating to the internet and artificial intelligence, and their role in society; and growing recognition of the inequities that exist within and between societies as well as the ways in which these inequities are reinforced and maintained through systemic discrimination and ongoing colonialism._x000D_
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Given these developments, changes, and crises, what is the future of IP law and policy? Featuring contributions from scholars from across Canada and around the world, this collection offers insights into eighteen possible futures for the global IP system. _x000D_
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Collectively, these chapters re-envision international agreements; rethink Canadian IP law; argue for the creation of space for Indigenous legal traditions; highlight the promises and perils of technology as it relates to IP; expose inequities and injustices, and provide possible pathways to correct them.
Contents
Part 1: International Treaties
- 1. A Proposal for an International Treaty on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Education and Research (Faith Majekolagbe)
- 2. Breeders' and Farmers' Rights: Navigating the Tension Between UPOV and UNDROP (Enrico Bonadio, Cheryl Dine, Mauro Barelli)
- 3. TRIPS and its Futures (Peter Yu)
Part 2: Canadian IP Law
- 4. Putting Copyright in its Place: How Copyright History Can Help Chart the Future of the Global IP System (Sara Bannerman, Myra Tawfik)
- 5. Protection of AI-Generated Images in Canadian Copyright Law: Charting a Narrow Path to Originality (Cody Rei-Anderson)
- 6. Artificial Intelligence Generated Inventions and the Quest for a Normative Framework (Bassem Awad)
- 7. Tribulations of Open-Ended Concepts in Copyright Law (Mistrale Goudreau)
- 8. The Uncertain Future of Patented Medicine Price Regulation (Greg Hagen)
Part 3: Traditional Cultural Expression and Indigenous legal traditions
- 9. Bottom-up Law-Making: A Critical Legal Pluralist's View of a Soft-Legal Instrument for the Governance of Traditional Cultural Expressions (Anmol Patel)
- 10. The Performance of Law (Richard Overstall)
- 11. Thinking Differently: Creating Spaces of Autonomy for the Revitalization of Indigenous Legal Traditions in the Context of Copyright (Johnny Mack, Graham Reynolds)
Part 4: Technology and IP
- 12. International Source Code Secrecy and the Characterisation of Intellectual Property as National Security (Anthony Rosborough)
- 13. Location, Location, Location: the Future of IP in Light of Private International Law (Naama Daniel)
- 14. Artificial Intelligence and Challenges for the Patent System: An Economic Perspective (Luciano Póvoa, Andrea Cabello)
- 15. Owning Me, Owning You - How Private Companies Acquire Rights in Our Most Intimate Data (Andelka Phillips)
Part 5: IP, Inequality, and Human Rights
- 16. The Future of Geographical Indication Protection in Developing Countries - is it the Answer to Rural Development, Food Security and More? (David Watson)
- 17. Public Interest, Human Rights, and Copyright: The Road Less Travelled? (Lisa Macklem)
- 18. Unseen Hands, Invisible Rights: Unmasking Digital Workers in the Shadows of AI Innovation and Implications for the Future of Copyright Law (Teshager Dagne)
