Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright –Recent Developments and the Way Forward

28th May 2009 • Co-organised with UNCTAD

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) are organizing, on 29 May 2009, a side event to the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). The side event will focus on innovative ideas of how to promote creativity in the digital environment and to strike an appropriate balance between the interests of copyright holders and users.

Background

This issue of limitations and exceptions to copyright has gained significant attention in the WIPO SCCR. Since 2003, Chile has raised the issue in the committee and was subsequently joined by a number of countries in proposing a programme of work in this area including the possibility of elaborating an international instrument on exceptions and limitations which would include a mandatory set of exceptions and limitations common to all WIPO member states.

WIPO’s SCCR offers a timely opportunity to present the analysis and research in this area to an informed audience of policy makers, negotiators and experts. Therefore UNCTAD and ICTSD has invited a number of distinguished scholars and experts to present work new ideas and developments in the area of copyright and exceptions and limitations which would contribute toward a better understanding of the issues and stake and be a useful input into the SCCR s discussions.

Keynote speakers will be Professor Reto M. Hilty, Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Munich, who will present the “Munich Declaration on a Balanced Interpretation of the ‘Three-Step Test’ in Copyright Law” (see http://www.ip.mpg.de/shared/data/pdf/declaration_three_steps.pdf) and Professor Jerome H. Reichman, Duke University School of Law, who will speak on “Sustainable Innovation in the Digital Environment: The Crucial Role of Copyright Law’s Limitations and Exceptions”.

Please find attached the final program for this meeting. Sandwiches and beverages will be served outside Room B as of 13:00.

For further queries, please contact Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Programme Manager, ICTSD (aabdellatif@ictsd.ch or 022/917 89 21); or Mr. Christoph Spennemann, Legal Expert, UNCTAD (Christoph.Spennemann@unctad.org or 022/917 59 99).

For security requirements, persons not accredited to the WIPO SCCR are kindly requested to confirm their attendance by 28 May by contacting Ms. Camille Russell (crussell @ictsd.ch or 022/917 88 55).

Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright –
Recent Developments and the Way Forward

UNCTAD-ICTSD Panel Discussion at the WIPO SCCR
Room B, WIPO
29 May 2009, 13:15 – 14:45

AGENDA

Welcome and Introduction,

Key Note Speakers

Mr. Reto M. Hilty
MPI for Intellectual Property, Munich and Professor, Universities of Zurich and Munich

Mr. Jerome Reichman,
Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

Commentators

Exchange of views with participants

Pre-registration by May 28th is required due to limited space and security requirements. Please e-mail: crussell@ictsd.ch or call +41 22 917 8855