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The South African Copyright Amendment Bill at the Constitutional Court: Notes from the Presidential Referral of the Bill (Part II)

In Part I of this blogpost, I briefly set out the procedural history of the copyright reform process that led to the Presidential Referral of the Bill to the Constitutional Court. I also briefly ...
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Update on Publisher’s Copyright Infringement Suit Against Sci-Hub and LibGen in India

This blog post is an update on the copyright infringement suit filed against Sci-Hub and LibGen in the Delhi High Court by Elsevier Ltd, Wiley India, and American Chemical Society. In the first ...
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The Role of Copyright Law in Text and Data Mining Research

Natasha Karanja & Chebet Koros Strathmore University Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CC-BY) Link When evaluating the copyright ecosystem within the African continent, ...
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The South African Copyright Amendment Bill at the Constitutional Court: Notes from the Presidential Referral of the Bill (Part I)

On 21 and 22 May 2025, the South African Constitutional Court heard the matter of Ex Parte President of the Republic of South Africa: In re Constitutionality of the ...
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New Nigerian Copyright Act Creates Open Fair Dealing Exception

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to a new copyright act that updates the country’s exceptions and limitations for the digital environment. Most significantly, the act replaces a closed ...
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Disclaiming Designs: A Comment on the “Dotted Lines” Issue in the WIPO Design Law Treaty by Professor Sarah Burstein

In this blog post, leading Design Law Professor Sarah Burstein argues that the negotiating draft of the WIPO Design Law Treaty contains a little noticed provision, buried in its “regulations,” that ...
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Copyright Implications of the Relationship Between Generative Artificial Intelligence and Text and Data Mining

In the heated copyright discussions over generative artificial intelligence, the term “text and data mining” is sometimes used interchangeably with “machine learning” or the “ingestion of material” to ...
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WIPO General Assembly Meeting on SCCR Expresses Consensus for Progress on Broadcast and L&E Instruments

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held its General Assembly (GA) this week, including a review of the progress and recommendations of the Standing ...
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South African apex court recognises the “constitutional imperatives of equality and dignity for persons with disabilities” in landmark copyright judgment

On 7 May 2025, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down judgment in Blind SA v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others [2025] ZACC 9 (‘Blind SA II’). The judgment read-in an ...
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The Draft National Intellectual Property Policy Proposals for Improving South Africa’s Patent Registration System: A Review

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. Abstract: This article discusses South Africa’s draft Intellectual Property Policy proposed reforms. It considers how these may be practically ...
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What Project 2025 Says About Intellectual Property Policy in the Second Trump Administration

During the presidential campaign, the Heritage Foundation organized Project 2025, which produced a 925-page plan for transforming the federal government if Donald Trump were elected. Trump disavowed ...
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The Fair Use/Fair Dealing Handbook

More than 40 countries with over one-third of the world’s population have fair use or fair dealing provisions in their copyright laws. These countries are in all regions of the world and at all levels ...