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Open Lecture on Pharmaceutical innovation: Replacing monopolies with health impact rewards

🔶 Date and Time: 24 March (Wednesday) 6-8 pm KST 🔶 Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81971276211?pwd=NEsvTHE3VDNZQkxGaTFUaExGNmpRUT09 (Simultaneous interpretation between Korean and English is provided) 🔶 Moderators: Heesob Nam (Knowledge Commune), Haejoo Chung (Korea University) 🔶 Speaker: Professor Thomas Pogge Having received his PhD in philosophy from Harvard, Thomas Pogge is Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs and founding Director of …

Open Lecture on Political Economy of TRIPSand TRIPS-plus in the Era of COVID-19

🔶 Date and Time: 10 March (Wednesday) 6-8 pm KST, 8-10 pm Melbourne time 🔶 Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89744813191?pwd=eVVON0I3NlVvam02UjArSElyTFN1UT09 (Simultaneous interpretation between Korean and English is provided) 🔶 Moderators: Heesob Nam (Knowledge Commune), Haejoo Chung (Korea University) 🔶 Speaker: Professor Susan Sell Susan K. Sell is a RegNet Professor. She earned her PhD in Political Science …

Contribution of piracy to the purchase of copyrighted contents

Piracy is a political term used to label to every unauthorized use of copyrighted content as “illegal looting,” and to justify strengthened copyright enforcement . The copyright industries, including MPAA, BSA and IFPI, have estimated huge economic harms caused by piracy. Yet some literature show piracy having a positive effect on legal purchases of cultural …

Administrative enforcement of IP: Lessons of KORUS for RCEP

Border Measures KORUS grants a power to the customs authorities to suspend release of suspected counterfeit or pirated goods into free circulation when a right holder requests to do so with “adequate evidence”. The suspension should be applied to “all points of entry to its territory” and remain applicable for at least one year. While …