Updates on National Enforcement Strategies at WIPO’s ACE
WIPO’s Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) met on September 2-4, 2019. On the agenda were several important updates about enforcement strategies adopted by WIPO Member States.
IPA Responds to Brazilian Copyright Consultation
Brazil’s State Secretariat for Culture held a public consultation to assess the need to review the Brazilian Copyright Act 1998. The consultation, which closed on September 15, 2019, aimed at establishing priorities among options such as modernizing copyright for the digital era, regulating collective management and adopting WIPO’s Internet Treaties.
IPA leads publisher team at WIPO regional seminar, Santo Domingo
The third and final World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) regional seminar took place on 4-5 July. IPA President, Hugo Setzer and Secretary General José Borghino led a strong team of publishers from the Latin American and Caribbean regions.
IPA at WIPO regional seminar, Nairobi
On June 12-13, IPA brought a strong delegation to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) regional seminar in Nairobi to discuss copyright related issues for libraries, archives, museums and educational & research institutions, including exceptions and limitations.
IPA leads publisher team at WIPO regional seminar, Singapore
At the end of April, IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, led a strong team of publishers from the Asia-Pacific region at the first World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) regional seminar in Singapore.
ASEAN Book Publishing: Markets, Policy, and Copyright
Thai publisher and recent member of the IPA Executive Committee Trasvin Jittidecharak attended a WIPO regional seminar in Seoul in April. As part of her preparations she prepared a detailed report for us on the situation of the publishing industry in the ASEAN region.
WIPO Confirms Publishers Circle
In March, WIPO’s Deputy Director General Sylvie Forbin announced the launch of the first mentorship pilot projects within the Publishers Circle initiative.
All people should have the same opportunity to access knowledge – Editorial 5
In the final of our series of interviews with the shortlisted nominees for the ABC Accessible Books Awards, Brazils Editorial 5 (ED5) tell us about their work.
Nobody willing to learn and further their career should be excluded from opportunities of doing so – Kogan Page
Following the announcement of the shortlist for the Accessible Books Consortium Excellence Awards, Following our first interview with Ediciones Godot, IPA spoke to a second shortlisted publisher, Kogan Page, to find out more about what they do and why accessibility is important to them. Read our interview with Martin Klopstock and Arthur Thompson from Kogan Page below. Those attending London Book Fair can also hear the pair talk at the Publishers Association event: Accessible Publishing and the Marrakesh Treaty – Are You Ready?
IPA Keeping an Eye on WIPO Committees
IPA brought a 10-strong delegation to WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in November but other WIPO committees are working too.