The Association Nationale des Editeurs de Livres (ANEL) and The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) have expressed their disappointment at the absence of new investment in the Canada Book Fund and continued inaction on copyright reform following the 2023 Budget announcement.
IPA has a jam packed programme at London Book Fair 2023 whether through the official programming or our own Committees. See some of the confirmed events below.
IPA joined the WIPO IP for Business Division (IPBD) to launch the WIPO IP Diagnostics for Publishers tool on March 15, 2023 at the margins of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.
The IPA brought a strong delegation of publishers to Geneva for the 43rd Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization with Exceptions and Limitations to copyright firmly on the agenda.
The Publishers Association (UK) welcomes the move which had raised concerns across the creative industries in the UK.
The 2023 London Book Fair Mains Stage programme has been announced featuring IPA President Karine Pansa, as well as sessions dedicated to global copyright and the freedom to publish.
The controversial Copyright Amendment Bill D-Bill 2017, passed by the National Assembly on 1 September 2023, will next be tabled in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), then to the nine provinces’ parliaments and back to Parliament for finalisation before being submitted to the President for his signature.
On 26 January IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, and Chair of the IPA Copyright Committee, Jessica Sänger, both spoke at the ‘Intellectual Property Rights Conference: Protecting Creativity in the New Republic’.
