In the current GRUR newsletter 1/2024, members of the GRUR committee for design law are discussing the future of the design industries and the legal framework and developments in light of an increasing utilization of AI systems and applications. In this interview, Professor Dornis elaborates on the concept of a “design without a designer”. Professor Dornis has been a member of the GRUR committee for design law since 2023.
Reference: GRUR newsletter 1/2024, p. 8 ff.
In addition, Professor Dornis, as the chairman of the GRUR IGC Taskforce, reports on the taskforce's recent activities. The taskforce accompanies the international negotiations on the issue of protection for genetic resources, traditional knowledge and cultural expressions. Protection for these intellectual goods has been the subject of intensive discussions for decades. Since the late 1990s, there have been efforts to empower indigenous communities and holders of traditional immaterial goods. The WIPO, as the International Organization for the Protection of Intellectual Property, organizes regular conferences on this topic. The aim is to reach an international agreement, or at least a consensus, on how to deal with the open and controversial questions.
The WIPO's “Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore” - in short: IGC - has been negotiating intensively, especially over the past two years, and it seems to have been successful.
In an interview with two other members of the taskforce, Professor Dornis reports on the current status of the negotiations and the expected developments.
Reference: GRUR newsletter 1/2024, p. 11 ff.
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