Thank you to all authors, commentators, audience who made the 2026 annual workshop a wonderful exchange of experience, ideas, and arguments. Muito obrigado to Univ of São Paulo law school, colleagues in other departments, and esp Vitor Ido and his team of fantastic students for making it happen 🙏

DAY 2: another day of in-depth discussions and fantastic commentaries, a tour of the Sao Paulo law school building, guided tour by the Director of the Univ of Sao Paulo Museum of Contemporary Art and Nelson Felix' exhibition. Grand finale: a mesmerising night view of city skyline. MUITO OBRIGADO 🤍🙏

Wonderfully stimulating day 1 of our annual workshop hosted by Vitor Ido of Uni of São Paulo ✨💫

Here is our final programme for our Annual Workshop hosted by University of Sao Paulo this Thursday & Friday!⚡ We are honoured and excited to converse with colleagues from Brazil, broader Latin America, India, China who are new to ISHTIP. We are grateful for their participation and engagement. 💫

ISHTIP Annual Workshop Programme 2026 - São Paulo

17th Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) Theme: Intellectual Property and Democracy 25-26 June 2026 Faculty of Law, University ...

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Two weeks to go until our Annual Workshop. Please register below if you can join us in person 🙌 or also for auditing the sessions online 💫

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ISHTIP goes to Sao Paulo! Registration for the 17th Annual Workshop is open, and everyone who is interested in history and theory of intellectual property is very welcome to join. Please find more details in the page below.

"This workshop aims to take stock of the relationship between intellectual property and democracy – both in its norms, rhetoric, and effect – by bringing together interdisciplinary scholarship which explores this relationship historically and theoretically" - @ishtip.bsky.social

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The draft programme is up now on our website! Our workshop format intends to foster interdisciplinary conversations: chosen papers are presented by commentators from a different discipline (or different subfield. This year it will be all the more special with our Brazilian colleagues' engagement.

The draft programme is up now on our website! Our workshop format intends to foster interdisciplinary conversations: chosen papers are presented by commentators from a different discipline (or different subfield. This year it will be all the more special with our Brazilian colleagues' engagement.

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ISHTIP goes to Sao Paulo! Registration for the 17th Annual Workshop is open, and everyone who is interested in history and theory of intellectual property is very welcome to join. Please find more details in the page below.

ISHTIP goes to Sao Paulo! Registration for the 17th Annual Workshop is open, and everyone who is interested in history and theory of intellectual property is very welcome to join. Please find more details in the page below.

17th ISHTIP Annual Workshop hosted by Faculty of Law of Univ. of Sāo Paulo

Greetings from the local committee: It is a great pleasure to welcome you to ISHTIP 2026, hosted in the buzzling city of São Paulo.

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Please join us for the last ISTHIP online seminar series of this academic year 💫 Séverine Dusollier and Nicolas Malevé will talk about "The Legal Aesthetics of Copyright, How AI Unmakes Images" 🗓️ Monday 18 May 2026 🕰️ 4.00pm (Paris – CEST) Everyone is welcome. Registration & info:

Today!

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please join us for the next event in the ISHTIP Online seminar series! Paula Westenberger (Brunel University, UK) will give a talk on the use of AI in digital heritage and issues of copyright. Date: Tuesday 3 March 2026 Time: 2.00pm (London – GMT) Free, and sign up for a zoom link below:

Please join us for the next event in the ISHTIP Online seminar series! Paula Westenberger (Brunel University, UK) will give a talk on the use of AI in digital heritage and issues of copyright. Date: Tuesday 3 March 2026 Time: 2.00pm (London – GMT) Free, and sign up for a zoom link below:

We are pleased to invite you to the next online ISHTIP seminar Jose Bellido (Kent) will talk about the entanglement of IP law, colonialism and institutional relations between BIRPI, WIPO, and UNESCO in late twentieth century. 🗓️ Monday, 9 February, 2pm (UK) 📣 Free & everyone is welcome Sign up ⬇️

Thank you very much to all colleagues who have submitted a proposal for their papers to be discussed at this year's workshop in Sao Paulo in June. We hope to get back to you as soon as we can.

Happy new year. A reminder that the deadline for paper proposal for the annual workshop 2026 in Sao Paolo is this Friday 🕰️ This year's theme is "Intellectual Property and Democracy". We hope you can join us!

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The deadline for paper proposals has been extended to 🗓️ 16 January 2026! We would be grateful if you could forward this call to your respective networks, particularly those in the humanities. Please find details for the call for paper here: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

closing in two days - join us!

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The deadline for paper proposals has been extended to 🗓️ 16 January 2026! We would be grateful if you could forward this call to your respective networks, particularly those in the humanities. Please find details for the call for paper here: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

Happy new year. A reminder that the deadline for paper proposal for the annual workshop 2026 in Sao Paolo is this Friday 🕰️ This year's theme is "Intellectual Property and Democracy". We hope you can join us!

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The deadline for paper proposals has been extended to 🗓️ 16 January 2026! We would be grateful if you could forward this call to your respective networks, particularly those in the humanities. Please find details for the call for paper here: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

The deadline for paper proposals has been extended to 🗓️ 16 January 2026! We would be grateful if you could forward this call to your respective networks, particularly those in the humanities. Please find details for the call for paper here: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📣 Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual ISHTIP Workshop is out now 📣 Theme: Intellectual Property and Democracy When: 25-26 June 2026 Where: Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil Abstract & CV deadline: 22 December 2025 More details: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

📣 Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual ISHTIP Workshop is out now 📣 Theme: Intellectual Property and Democracy When: 25-26 June 2026 Where: Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil Abstract & CV deadline: 22 December 2025 More details: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

Reminder that @ishtip.bsky.social is now calling for papers for the 17th annual workshop: this year hosted by the University of São Paulo on the theme of 'Intellectual Property and Democracy', 25-26 June 2026. Abstracts due 22 Dec 2025. Join us!

📣 Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual ISHTIP Workshop is out now 📣 Theme: Intellectual Property and Democracy When: 25-26 June 2026 Where: Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil Abstract & CV deadline: 22 December 2025 More details: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

Please join us for the next online ISHTIP seminar: Gerardo Con Diaz (STS, UC Davis) will be speaking 'On Judgment: A Critical Grammar for Computing and Law'. Monday, 8 December 6am LA (PST) More info and registration link: ishtip.org/on-judgement... Everyone welcome.

SAVE THE DATE 📣 International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) 17th Annual Workshop Intellectual Property and Democracy 25 & 26 June 2026 hosted by the Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Call for papers will be circulated soon.

Today! Link for registration is below:

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Please join us for the next seminar in our online seminar series: Making and Marketing Biocultural Heritage in Agriculture: From the Andean Community to Asia with Rosemary Coombe and David Jefferson Nov 17, 2025 07:00 PM (London). Local time zones are displayed when you register below:

Please join us for the next seminar in our online seminar series: Making and Marketing Biocultural Heritage in Agriculture: From the Andean Community to Asia with Rosemary Coombe and David Jefferson Nov 17, 2025 07:00 PM (London). Local time zones are displayed when you register below:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Making and Marketing Biocultural Heritage in Agriculture: From the Andean Community to Asia - Rosemary Coombe and David Jefferson. After registering, you w...

Proprietary claims over seeds, crops, agricultural methods, and culinary knowledge exist as important forms of biocultural heritage in socioecological initiatives. These novel proprietary claims, exis...

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Here is the recording of the first ISHTIP online seminar of the series: "After Patent Republic". @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social diagnoses the current shift from neoliberal US-dominant WTO era to state capitalism and multipolar neo-mercantilism, and its effect on patent law's theoretical underpinnings.

After Patent Republic presented by Hyo Yoon Kang - ISHTIP Seminar Series 2025/26

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Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025 | Time: 3.00pm (London – BST) After Patent Republic Speaker: Hyo Yoon Kang

📣 SAVE THE DATE 📣 International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) 17th Annual Workshop Intellectual Property and Democracy 25 & 26 June 2026, hosted by the Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Call for papers will be circulated in November.

Thanks to everyone across the globe who got up early, stayed up late, and shared their time and thoughts in today's seminar. Next one in the seminar series will be in about a month's time, please join us for:

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Date: Monday 17 November 2025 | Time: 2.00pm (Toronto – EST) Making and Marketing Biocultural Heritage in Agriculture: From the Andean Community to Asia Speakers: Rosemary Coombe and David Jefferson

Today!

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025 | Time: 3.00pm (London – BST) After Patent Republic Speaker: Hyo Yoon Kang

The first in the seminar series is coming up next week. You can register for a zoom link here👇 We look forward to seeing many of you online!

Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025 | Time: 3.00pm (London – BST) After Patent Republic Speaker: Hyo Yoon Kang

We are very pleased to announce the 2025/6 ISHTIP Online Seminar Series, which brings together scholars from around the world who explore intellectual property issues from theoretical and historical angles. Please find below the programme, dates for your diary, registration links ⬇️