About the Event
Rec ently in Japan several amendments have been adopted by the legislature to s trengthen the position of copyright owners who demand stronger protection i n the digitized\, Internet era. The “copy” right\, however\, has been trans formed from the regulation of competition to the restriction on personal fr eedom\, due to technological and environmental changes brought by prevalenc e of reproduction technologies and Internet.
Some measures should the
refore be taken to correct the changes heavily affected by “minoritarian bi
ases” in order to safeguard freedom and to realize actual intentions of sil
ent majority amongst the rightholders.
Those corrections should switch
current balance between the stakeholders so that the minoritarian stakehol
ders\, who are able to efficiently express their positions and interests in
policy-making process\, should be required to take all the necessary actio
ns and steps to protect their legitimate interests in enforcing their right
s. Accordingly\, an introduction of fair use doctrine and renewal registrat
ion system is a possible option at least in theory\, because the feasibilit
y of their adoption is politically highly doubted in reality.
About the Speaker
Yoshiyuki Tamura is the professor of intellectual property at Hokkaido University. He also serves\, inter al ia\, as the Program Director of the Research Institute for Information Law & Policy at Hokkaido University\; Member
of the Committee on Intellec tual Property Policy\, Industrial Structure Council\; Managing Director at Japan Association of Industrial Property Law\; Member of the Board of the C opyright Law Association of Japan\; and Member of the Committee at the Japa n Patent Attorneys Association.
His research interests include\, but are not limited to\, copyright law\, patent law\, trademark law and unfair competition law. Professor Tamura has published more than ten books on vari ous topics of intellectual property (some of them have been published in se veral editions) and numerous law review articles\, which include Rethinking Copyright Institution for the Digital Age\, 1 W.I.P.O.J. 63-74 (2009)\; A theory of the Law and Policy of Intellectual Property: Building a New Frame work\, 2009 (1) NORDIC JOURNAL OF COMMERCIAL LAW 1-29 (2009)\; Patent Enfor cement in Japan\, in THE ENFORCEMENT OF PATENTS (Reto Hilty & Kung- Chung L iu eds.\, Kluwer Law International 2011) (co-authored with Prof. Masabumi S uzuki)\; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (5th ed.\, Yuhikaku 2010) (in Japanese)\ ; Intellectual Property Law (Intellectual Property Publishing 2010) (in Chi nese)\; CASE GUIDE FOR PATENT LAW (4th ed.\, Yuhikaku 2012) (in Japanese). Besides\, he is also a frequent speaker at various international conference s all over the world and contributes to the ongoing debates concerning curr ent debates on intellectual property law and policy.
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