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		<title>Principles for Intellectual Property Provisions in Bilateral and Regional Agreements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Agreements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For several years, research at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (MPI) – in collaboration with experts from all over the world – has examined the trend of bilateral and regional agreements that include provisions on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. Building on this research, we have <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29954' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The European Orphan Works Directive &#8211; an EIFL Guide</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29960</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29960#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regional Fora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orphan works]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Electronic Information for Libraries, (CC-BY)] In October 2012, Directive 2012/28/EU on certain permitted uses of orphan works (known as the orphan works Directive) was adopted by Member States of the European Union (EU). The Directive sets out common rules for the digitization and online display of orphan works. Unfortunately hopes that the Directive would enable <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29960' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New G8 Open Data Charter</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29948</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29948#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Fora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Data]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By John Wonderlich. Reposted from the Sunlight Foundation Blog (CC-BY) The G8 countries today released a new declaration, and with it an Open Data Charter policy paper, which together constitute a significant high-level commitment to open data and transparency. Sunlight has been close to the ideas, movement, and conversations that have helped lead to this <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29948' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Warren Asks Froman to Release the Negotiating Text of the Trans Pacific Partnership</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29939</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29939#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Obama Administration&#8217;s nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, Michael Froman, asking him to &#8220;immediately make fully public &#8221; the negotiating text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).  If that is not possible, Sen. Warren asked Froman to make public a &#8220;scrubbed&#8221; version which would include the <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29939' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Open Educational Resources – A Nigerian Perspective</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29932</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29932#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OER]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Reposted from the Afro-Leo blog (CC-BY)]  From IP commenttator Chijioke Ifeoma Okorie comes another guest post, this time addressing a sensitive cultural and commercial issue with strong copyright overones: the deployment of open educational resources. Writes Chijoke: Intellectual Property Watch has referred to the recent paper published by the International Publishers’ Association (IPA) which expressed <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29932' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Study: The Profitability of Copyright-Intensive Industries</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29916</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29916#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Band</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Empirical Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Firms in the copyright-intensive industries frequently complain that copyright infringement causes significant lost sales, lost revenues, lost profits, and lost jobs. However, as has been noted in numerous impartial studies, the actual impact of infringement on individual firms, on industry sectors, and on the U.S. economy as a whole, is extremely difficult to quantify. In <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29916' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>To What Extent Can Global IP Rules Be Responsive To Public Interest Demands? The Case Of The Treaty For The Visually Impaired</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29925</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29925#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdel Latif</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Fora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIP Treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wipo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Ahmed Abdel Latif and Pedro Roffe, ICTSD; IP-Watch (CC-BY-NC-ND)] To what extent can global intellectual property rules address in an effective manner the needs of the most vulnerable members of society? This is the key question facing member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as they prepare to meet next week for a <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29925' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Topsy-Turvy ITC</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29909</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29909#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Contreras</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samsung]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How can the federal agency created to protect U.S. manufacturers from foreign knock-offs now block sales by America&#8217;s largest tech company? Because it can. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), a once-sleepy tribunal that, until recently, devoted its time to stopping imports of counterfeit handbags and pirated DVDs, has gone rogue.  The purpose of the <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29909' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Balancing Act for the Blind and Visually Impaired</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29904</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29904#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Bannerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Fora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIP Treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wipo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday June 17, a diplomatic conference will be held to negotiate a treaty/international instrument that would allow accessible-format works to be exported from country to country.  Intended to address the problem that currently only 5% of copyright works are currently available in accessible format.  Copyright law in many countries currently prohibits the export of copyright works, <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29904' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court Decides Myriad, Isolated DNA Not Patentable</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29897</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29897#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Sarnoff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patentability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court just issued a momentous decision, invalidating as not “patent eligible subject matter” patent claims to own “isolated DNA” molecules that have not been modified from natural genetic sequences by removing the non-coding DNA regions.  The Court’s decision also suggests that isolated natural proteins and compounds that can be used as pharmaceuticals <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29897' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Peruvian Trade Minister on IP in the Trans Pacific Partnership: &#8220;will not go one millimeter beyond&#8221; our FTA with the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29883</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29883#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peru]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism José Silva Martinot &#8211; asked about intellectual property (IP) provisions proposed by the United States in the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations &#8211; said on television that Peru will not accept terms that exceed those in its existing bilateral trade agreement with the U.S. The minister said &#8220;We as <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29883' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian government agrees to discuss the &#8216;Law Lleras IV&#8217; with civil society</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29876</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29876#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolina Botero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LerLleras4]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Translation of RedPaTodos press release]  On May 17th, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Fernando Carrillo, and the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Sergio Diaz-granados, presented Bill 306 of 2013 to the House of Representatives,  The Bill aims to implement some of the commitments of the  Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States on <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29876' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The fight over net neutrality in Brazil: a new and taller bump in the road for Marco Civil</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29859</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29859#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolina Rossini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marco Civil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On May 23, Brazil’s federal communications commission – ANATEL – passed a resolution with sweeping implications for internet service provision, net neutrality, and regulatory power. Resolution 614/2013 extends ANATEL’s regulatory reach from its traditional home in telecommunications systems all the way into the provision of internet services. This extension and others like it can significantly <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29859' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senators consider Froman as US Trade Rep: Infinite wisdom or delusion?</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29849</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29849#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Burgos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trade Agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Disputes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access to medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USTR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big Pharma shows its influence in the Senate Finance Committee [Reposted with permission from Oxfam America (Link)]  Teenagers are notorious for giving one-word responses when their parents inquire how school is going. Last week’s Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on Michael Froman’s nomination as US Trade Representative reminded me of this dynamic. Because so much of <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29849' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can TPP’s investment chapter harm consumer protection and access to knowledge?</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29835</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29835#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rashmi Rangnath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Empowered by investment provisions in free trade agreements, corporations have challenged national laws, policies, and practices that protect the environment and public health. Phillip Morris’ challenges to cigarette plain packaging rules in Uruguay and Australia are the latest examples of such corporate actions. The Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) also contains an investment chapter similar to <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29835' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PIJIP and the AU Center for Social Media Release Set of Principles in Fair Use for Journalism</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29827</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29827#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PIJIP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limitations & Exceptions to Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair use]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Reposted from pijip-impact.org] This document is a statement of principles to help journalists in the United States interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. It is intended for anyone who engages in the set of practices that entails creating media of any kind that refers to real-life events of public interest, in service of public <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29827' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing is a cultural right, not a market failure</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29840</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29840#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IP and Human Rigths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[by Philippe Aigrain (CC-BY-SA)(Link)]  An endless stream of law proposals, soft-law initiatives and free-trade agreements keeps trying to eradicate or prevent the non-market sharing of digital works between individuals. New strategies are pushed using incentives and threats so that intermediaries will police the Internet to save the scarcity-based business models of a few from the competition <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29840' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senators Seek USTR Nominee Froman’s Views on IP, India, Trade Promotion Authority, &amp; Transparency of TPP Negotiations</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29818</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29818#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Disputes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TTIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee held its confirmation hearing for the Obama Administration’s nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, Michael Froman.   The hearing webpage has a webcast and prepared statements by Froman, as well as Chairman Baucus and Ranking Minority Leader Hatch.  The opening statements were brief, so most of the hearing was Q&#38;A.  Themes <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29818' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>South to Introduce Resolution on Access to Medicines</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29814</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29814#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KM Gopakumar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Fora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access to medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Reposted with permission from the TWN Info Service) Developing countries are set to introduce a resolution on access to medicines at the current session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The 23rd regular session of the Human Rights Council is taking place from 27 May to 14 June in Geneva and the draft resolution <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29814' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Facing Public Opposition, Taiwanese Government Withdraws SOPA-Like Copyright Legislation</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29805</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29805#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takedown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government of Taiwan has backed down from plans to amend its copyright law to justify take-downs of foreign websites accused of hosting copyright-infringing material. The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (IPO) had proposed legislation to create a blacklist and allow DNS blocking.  A citizen backlash sprung up immediately, and the IPO initially claimed the public <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29805' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. McDermott v. State Department &#8211; Conflicting Views on the Trans Pacific Parternship and Access to Medicines</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29795</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29795#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Jim McDermott wrote an op-ed in Roll Call on the TPP in which he warned that the U.S. proposal for intellectual property in the TPP could &#8220;cost millions of lives in developing countries.&#8221; McDermott wrote that the proposal extends patent monopolies on pharmaceuticals further than TRIPS:  &#8220;It would extend patents beyond the current <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29795' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Technical Note: The LDC TRIPS Transition Extension and the Question of Rollback</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29790</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ICTSD Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the WTO agreements entered into force in 1995, least developed countries (LDCs) were given until 1 January 2006 to implement the obligations contained in the then-newly adopted TRIPS Agreement. In 2002, the LDC transition period was extended until 2016 for pharmaceutical patents, with a later decision in 2005 extending the period for all intellectual <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29790' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Witnesses at U.S. Trade Hearing Offer Opinions (and Warnings) on Intellectual Property in Upcoming Negotiations with the EU</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29783</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29783#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 23:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TTIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Obama Administration&#8217;s inter-agency Trade Policy Staff Committee held the first day of its two-day hearing on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).  Many of the witnesses who testified in the afternoon offered comments related to intellectual property and/or privacy on the internet &#8211; both subjects that are expected to be among the <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29783' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Controversy Over Patent Rights and the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Virus</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29777</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 14:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sangeeta-Shashikant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access to health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investigation conducted by Edward Hammond, consultant researcher of Third World Network, has revealed that a leading medical centre in The Netherlands is using a material transfer agreement (MTA) that claims proprietary rights over the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, contrary to their public denial of placing restrictions on the virus. The Erasmus Medical <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29777' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Poland Foundation Annoucement: Second Eition of Crowdfounded Contest Future of Copyright 2.0</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29769</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29769#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 14:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to find a person who is pleased with the current shape of the copyright system. In most countries. People who  attempt to earn a living from this system also try to have digital monitoring systems work for them. Meanwhile, users are have less and less rights. „Lady with an Ermine” is laughing about <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29769' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony Prepared for the USTR Hearing on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29755</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29755#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 21:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Flynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ACTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limitations & Exceptions to Copyright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This submission is made in my personal capacity. The central point of this submission is that the TTIP negotiation should exclude intellectual property issues. It should exclude IP issues because the US trade policy lacks IP proposals that have the kind of broad-based support necessary to be adopted in a trade negotiation of this kind <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29755' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Schedule of Witness Testimony at Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Hearing Next Week</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29749</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29749#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TTIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USTR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[USTR has sent witnesses the schedule for its Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership hearing on May 29-30.  There will be 61 witnesses over the two days. Each witness will have 5 minutes to give remakrks, and 5 minutes for Q&#38;A. Most of the civil society groups that work on intellectual property issues will testify on <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29749' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PETITION: Side with the blind over obstructionist companies to secure a Treaty for the Blind that makes books accessible globally.</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29744</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29744#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[WIPO. VIP Treaty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following petition has been posted on the White House&#8217;s &#8216;We the People&#8217; site: Less than 1% of printed works globally are accessible to the blind. This is because laws around the world bar printed material from being turned into formats useable by the blind and visually impaired, or for such material to be shared <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29744' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers International Releases Three New Papers on the TPP for the Lima Round</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29739</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Malcolm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers International (CI) has commissioned the production of three papers, the first on the competition chapter by one of our members, and the other two by independent experts, respectively covering the investment chapter and how it affects A2K, and the free flow of information provision and its impacts on privacy.  The papers are now available <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29739' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>TAFTA: First Step Towards a Super-ACTA</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29734</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[La Quadrature du Net (CC-BY-SA)(Link)] In a plenary vote, the European Parliament just adopted a mandate to the European Commission explicitly allowing it to “include strong protection of intellectual property rights (IPR)” in the proposed EU-US trade agreement negotiations, the “Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement” (TAFTA), also know as “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” (TTIP). Remaining <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29734' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Brazilian Congress Needs To Pass Marco Civil for Brazilians &#8211; and The World</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29726</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolina Rossini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carolina Rossini is Project Director, Latin America Resource Center, New America Foundation Tim Berners-Lee’s visit to Brazil last week has rekindled hopes for a civil society frustrated by six postponed votes on the bill known as “Marco Civil.” This groundbreaking federal legislation would guarantee civil rights in the use of the Internet, and is sometimes <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29726' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats Urge Obama Administration to Give Poorest Countries More Time to Adhere to WTO Intellectual Property Rules</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29714</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29714#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representatives Waxman, Lee, DeLauro, Schakowsky, and Bass have sent a letter to Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis supporting a proposal by Haiti to allow poor countries extra time to enact stronger rules on patent, copyrights, and other forms of intellectual property. The issue involves the implementation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29714' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Proposal to Ban Special 301 Adjudication</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29701</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Flynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special 301]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many non-U.S. parties and public interest advocates, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) intellectual property chapter is seen primarily as a threat. It is the latest step in a long running agenda to shift between policy making forums to achieve new global &#8220;maximalist&#8221; intellectual property policies that are not achievable in multilateral forums. This narrative <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29701' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>LDC Watch and OWINFS on the TRIPS Council Chair to Stop the Ongoing Unfair Informal Negotiations on the LDC TRIPS Waiver Extension</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29691</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:   Arjun Karki, akarki@ldcwatch.org , +977 9851023254 Prerna Bomzan, prerna@ldcwatch.org , +977 9841209336 Deborah James, djames@cepr.net , +1 (202) 441 6917 On 20 May, global civil society networks LDC Watch and the Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) wrote an open letter of protest to the Ambassador of Panama, Alfredo Suescum <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29691' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Changes in U.S. Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Proposal Needed to Accommodate Copyright Policy Proposals</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29689</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29689#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Flynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limitations & Exceptions to Copyright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Trans Pacific Partnership creeps toward an end game (which appears far off) it may be worth spending more time discussing positive proposals for amending the proposal in various ways. I have previously written on ideas for positive proposals from the perspective of the non-U.S. parties, both in the form of a short list <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29689' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>English Translation of the New Colombian Copyright Bill (no. 306)</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29697</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29697#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ley Lleras 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carolina Botero has sent us an English translation of the new copyright legislation that was recently proposed in Colombia to replace the controversial &#8220;Ley Lleras 2.0&#8243; law that was struck down earlier last year by the Constitutional Court.  The law is meant intended to bring Colombia into compliance with the IP provisions i its FTA <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29697' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bracing for Another Delay: Open Innovation At the WHO?</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29676</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29676#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Bloeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[HAI Europe]  Open innovation, open access, crowd-sourcing innovation, innovation prizes&#8230;. All buzzwords we often hear in the media, employed by entrepreneurs, government officials or science journalists. The terms have become part of the discourse on innovation and science: companies crowd source their data and innovation, governments are opening up their data to allow for civic <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29676' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to the Chair of the TRIPS Council, Alfredo Suescum, Ambassador of Panama to the WTO</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29667</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29667#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our World Is Not for Sale (OWINFS) Network and LDC Watch. Dear Ambassador Suescum, We are outraged with the manner in which informal consultations are being conducted on the issue of extension of the LDC’s transition period. We find the current process to be unfair and prejudicial to the interests of the LDCs, the poorest <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29667' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Live from the Trans Pacific Partnership: IP Chapter Shows No Sign of Resolution, End of Negotiation in 2013 Highly Unlikely</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29657</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29657#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Flynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Agreements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA – There is a strong sense in the halls of the current TPP negotiation that the end is not in sight. And one of the primary reasons for the blocked progress is a lack of consensus on intellectual property and pharmaceuticals issues. Officially, the Chief Negotiators have backed off the prior commitment to end <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29657' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian Government Presents Again Bill 1520 Without Citizen Participation</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29639</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29639#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolina Botero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ley Lleras2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday while celebrating the Internet day the government introduced a Bill, reproducing essentially the text of the former Law1520 (Ley Lleras 2) before the Congress. Despite the several citizen claims (last one) to open a civil dialogue when implementing the US FTA obligations before taking them to parliament, and after 3 failed attemtps to reform the <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29639' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Colombian Copyright Legislation Introduced &#8211; How Does It Compare to Ley Lleras 2.0?</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29633</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29633#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrés Izquierdo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ley Lleras 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last May 17th a new copyright bill was resubmitted in the Colombian Congress as part of the implementation of the FTA with the United States. The new Bill is introduced as a replacement to the 1520 Act of 2012 (Ley Lleras 2.0), law that was struck down last January by the Constitutional Court (Case C11-13) <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29633' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>NZ-born Fair Deal Coalition Gets Global Makeover</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29645</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29645#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Chalmers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published on behalf of the Fair Deal Coalition, of which InternetNZ is a member. [internetnz.net.nz, (CC-BY)]  The Fair Deal Coalition announces that it is ramping up its presence with a global publicity and education campaign that will raise awareness of intellectual property rights proposals in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). A new website – www.ourfairdeal.org <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29645' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright policymaking and the digital public domain: a bitter-sweet wishful thinking from France</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29651</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29651#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[france]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Posted to the  Communia blog by Anne-Catherine Lorrain, (CC0 1.0)] The mission on culture at the digital era commissioned by the French government and supervised by Pierre Lescure, rather pompously entitled ‘Acte II de l’exception culturelle’, released its report this week in Paris: ‘Rapport sur la politique culturelle à l’ère des contenus numériques’, downloadable in <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29651' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations and the Controversial Issue of Pharmaceutical Test Data Protection</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29616</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29616#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access to medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data protection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trade negotiators are meeting in Lima, Peru this week for the seventeenth round of talks on the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).  The negotiations are reaching the final stages as an October deadline approaches, and the most controversial topics have been pushed to the end. The intersection of intellectual property and access to medicines is <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29616' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Power Unbound: Investor-State Arbitration of IP Monopolies on Medicines – Eli Lilly and the TPP</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29612</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29612#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Working-Paper-Series</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trade Agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eli Lilly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PIJIP Research Paper no. 2013-1 Author:  Brook Baker Abstract:  Free trade agreements (FTAs) and bilateral investment treaties (BITs) typically contain investment clauses designed to attract direct foreign investment and protect the interests of foreign investors. In addition to defining foreign investment that are entitled to protection, investment clauses typically allow for investor-state dispute resolution, which <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29612' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Congressional Testimony on Copyright Reform Will Address Excessive Penalties for Consumers</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29599</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29599#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today at 2pm EST, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet will hold the first hearing to address copyright reform since the announcement by Chairman Goodlatte of a comprehensive review of U.S. copyright law. Prepared witness statements are available, and the hearing webcast will be up on the hearing&#8217;s webpage. This <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29599' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Latin American Generics Association ALIFAR Announces Engagement in Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Advocacy Against TRIPS-plus IP Policies</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29598</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29598#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Flynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Releases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Agreements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Buenos Aires (May 16, 2013). ALIFAR, the Latin American generic pharmaceutical association, released a press release today announcing that it &#8220;decided to collectively support their associations from Chile, Mexico and Peru during TPP negotiations.&#8221; The announcement follows a three day meeting in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. The release recounts that ALIFAR has issued a statement <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29598' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired Flounders</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29582</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29582#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Bannerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Fora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIP Treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wipo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As negotiators at WIPO prepare for a June 17-22 diplomatic conference in Marrakesh to create a new international instrument/treaty for the benefit of the visually impaired.  The treaty is intended, by its proponents, to make copyright works more accessible to the visually impaired.  It is currently estimated that only 5% of works are available in <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29582' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright in France: Wishful Thinking and Real Dangers</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29576</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29576#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[france]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HADOPI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[La Quadrature du Net, Link (CC-BY-SA)]  Pierre Lescure has handed in his report [fr] on culture at the digital era to French President François Hollande1. La Quadrature du Net denounces a flawed political process revealing the harmful influence of industrial groups at all levels of policy-making. How will the French government react to Lescure&#8217;s proposal <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29576' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Open A.I.R. Conference on Innovation and Intellectual Property in Africa; and 3rd Global Congress on IP &amp; the Public Interest</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29567</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29567#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Congress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[9-13 December 2013, Cape Town, South Africa In December 2013, delegates from national and international governmental entities, the private sector, civil society, and academia will gather for five days of interconnected events in Cape Town. Participants will engage with diverse perspectives and future scenarios for intellectual property (IP), innovation and development during the Open A.I.R. Conference <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29567' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Listing Ukraine as a Priority Foreign Country in Special 301 Violates the World Trade Organization Agreements</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29556</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29556#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Flynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bilateral Trade Pressures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special 301]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Disputes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this year’s Special 301 report, the United States Trade Representative listed Ukraine as a “Priority Foreign Country” (aka PFC), triggering a 30 day countdown to initiate an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act to determine trade sanctions. 19 USC 2412(2)(A). This is only the second time that the U.S. has threatened a <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29556' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Excerpts of Comments to USTR on Copyright and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29557</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29557#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TTIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TAFTA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By last Friday, 347 comments had been submitted to the US Trade Representative in response to its Request for Comments on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP).  Numerous comments addressed intellectual property concerns (and many suggested that IPRs should be left out of the agreement all together).   Also, many comments highlighted the need <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29557' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Interaction of the Proposed LDC Extension Request and the 2016 Pharmaceutical Product Extension</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29548</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29548#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brook Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multilateral Fora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LDCs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The current request of WTO LDC Members for an unconditional extension of the time period within which they must become compliant with the TRIPS Agreement covers all forms of intellectual property protection under TRIPS.  Even though it is true that some LDCs have signed other treaties that might impose some IP obligations, e.g., the Paris <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29548' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright and Secrecy Don’t Make for Good Trade Agreements</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29545</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29545#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 17:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rashmi Rangnath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TTIP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Public Knowledge (Link)(CC-BY-SA]  Today we filed comments about the proposed United States-European Union Free Trade Agreement – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). We told the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that copyright is an uncomfortable fit for a trade agreement and should be kept out of the TTIP. If the <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29545' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Administration Releases Historic Open Data Rules to Enhance Government Efficiency and Fuel Economic Growth</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29533</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[White House press release, May 9, 2013]  The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneurship and economic growth while increasing government transparency and efficiency. Today’s actions—including an Executive Order signed by the President <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29533' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Incoming WTO Director General Urged to Make Access to Medicines a Priority</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29520</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29520#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>REPOST</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[access to medicines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Least-developed countries fighting for TRIPS exemption extension [MSF Press Release]  On the appointment of Roberto Azevedo as Director General of the World Trade Organization, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned the WTO and incoming DG that access to medicines must become a priority. This includes allowing least-developed countries to remain exempt <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29520' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do Pharmaceutical Firms Invest More Heavily in Countries with Data Exclusivity?</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29512</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29512#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trade Agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access to medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data exclusivity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Forthcoming paper, Summer 2013, Currents International Trade Law Journal]   Abstract:   Countries may choose various methods of data protection in order to comply with the TRIPS Agreement. Policymakers should consider the effects of data exclusivity on prices and investment relative to other types of data protection. The data presented here suggest there is no relationship <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29512' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Has the UK abolished copyright? Analysis of new orphan work legislation</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29503</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29503#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andres Guadamuz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[technollama.co.uk (Link)(CC-BY-NC-SA)] Has the UK abolished copyright law with the passing of orphan works legislation? I’ll answer quickly with Betteridge’s Law of Headlines: NO. However, if you listen to some copyright maximalist outlets, and particularly to the photograph lobby, you would believe that all copyright has been abolished as of now. Just look at some <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29503' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>USTR Announcements and Deadlines for Public Comments on the TPP and TTIP</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29496</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29496#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Palmedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Agreements]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TAFTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TTIP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today the U.S. Trade Representative issued a Federal Register Notice seeking &#8220;comments from the public on all issues related to Japan&#8217;s participation in the TPP negotiations [and] comments on negotiations to address certain non-tariff measures of Japan that will be conducted bilaterally in parallel to the TPP negotiations and addressed by the conclusion of the <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29496' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Government Special 301 &#8220;Watchlist&#8221; and Developing Country Use of Compulsory Licenses for Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://infojustice.org/archives/29493</link>
		<comments>http://infojustice.org/archives/29493#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Maybarduk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Special 301]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access to medicines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Special 301 is an annual report by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) which places countries on a “watch list” if USTR would like to see greater changes in their intellectual property rules or enforcement practice. This year’s report came out May 1st. We pay attention because USTR relies heavily on comments from <a href='http://infojustice.org/archives/29493' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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