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<div class="field field-name-field-main-tag"><a href="https://www.ictsd.org/search?f%5B0%5D=field_tag%3A402">Intellectual Property</a></div><div class="field field-name-title"><h3><a href="https://www.ictsd.org/themes/innovation-and-ip/research/intellectual-property-and-digital-trade-in-the-age-of-artificial">Intellectual Property and Digital Trade in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data</a></h3></div><div class="field field-name-field-date-period"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2018-06-27T08:37:00+02:00">27 June 2018</span></div><div class="field field-name-field-people-author"><a href="https://www.ictsd.org/about-us/xavier-seuba">Xavier Seuba</a>, <a href="https://www.ictsd.org/about-us/christophe-geiger">Christophe Geiger</a>, <a href="https://www.ictsd.org/about-us/julien-p%C3%A9nin">Julien Pénin</a></div></div>
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<div class="field field-name-title"><h3><a href="https://www.ictsd.org/themes/innovation-and-ip/events/how-to-make-ip-work-better-for-development-in-the-era-of-innovation">How to Make IP Work Better for Development in the Era of Innovation and Creativity?</a></h3></div><div class="field field-name-field-organized-by"><div class="label-above">Organised by</div>ICTSD, Pro Humano Genere, RIS</div><div class="field field-name-field-event-place">Nairobi, Kenya</div></div>
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<div class="field-content field-name-field-links"><a href="http://www.ictsd.org/search?f%5B0%5D=field_tag%3A1376" target="_blank">Global Perspectives and Challenges for the Intellectual Property System</a> <a href="http://www.iprsonline.org/" target="_blank">IPRs online</a> <a href="http://www.ip-watch.org/" target="_blank">Intellectual Property Watch</a></div> </div>
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