Consumer rights and intellectual property
Consumers’ rights to use intellectual property are increasingly under threat. Policy is made at an international level – how can national consumer organisations work better to strengthen their voice on the global stage?
An all day workshop on 29 October will introduce current consumer campaigns and brainstorm ideas for action to reassert consumer rights. Here’s the IP Fringe Event Program.
Speakers include:
- Michelle Childs (Knowledge Ecology International, USA)
- Indrani Thuraisingham (CI, Malaysia)
- Indah Suksmaningsih – YLKI (Indonesia)
- Chris Murray (Consumers Union, USA)
- Luis Villaroel Villalon (Ministry of Education, Chile)
- Alwin Sixma – (Consumentenbond, The Netherlands)
- Catherine Raffaele of CHOICE.
Consumers International’s Copyright and Access to Knowledge Report
