[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...
Read MoreToday the U.S. Trade Representative issued a Federal Register Notice seeking “comments from the public on all issues related to Japan’s participation in the TPP negotiations [and] comments on negotiations to address...
Read MoreThis is a quick note about one of the items in this year’s Special 301 Report, released by USTR this morning. The report attacks the recent Indian Novartis ruling in unusually direct language. The ruling upheld the denial...
Read MorePressure on Capitol Hill for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is growing. TPA – called “fasttrack” in the 1990s when it was used to negotiate NAFTA – allows the executive branch to negotiate trade agreements that Congress cannot...
Read MoreToday House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte announced an upcoming review of U.S. copyright law: “the House Judiciary Committee will hold a comprehensive series of hearings on U.S. copyright law in the months...
Read MoreTrade Ministers of the eleven countries negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership held a side meeting at the APEC summit in Indonesia last week. They issued a statement in which they agreed to keep working on outstanding issues...
Read MoreOn April 20, WIPO held a meeting to prepare a text for the final deliberations on the treaty on copyright exceptions for Visually Impaired People. IP Watch reports that many of the countries seemed worried that there were too...
Read MoreLast year the National Science Foundation published an issue brief by John Jankowski on the importance that American firms in different industries place on intellectual property. It presents survey data showing which industries...
Read MoreToday the U.S. Trade Representative issued a Federal Register Notice seeking comments on the upcoming trade agreement negotiations with the EU. The notice also announces that USTR will hold hearings on May 29-30 on...
Read MoreThe Australian government has released the draft report of its Pharmaceutical Patents Review, which had been tasked to “review the effectiveness of the Australian patent system in providing timely access to affordable...
Read MoreLast month, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Trade Policy Report raised some eyebrows when it scolded Canada for not meeting its ACTA “obligations,” despite the fact that the Agreement is not in effect. (See...
Read MoreYesterday the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) held a panel on “21st Century Issues” in the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, which featured speakers on e-commerce/telecommunications, SOEs,...
Read MoreSen. Max Baucus (Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee) and Sen. Orin Hatch (the Committee’s Ranking Minority Member) wrote Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis on March 22 asking for...
Read MoreToday the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on “The President’s 2013 Trade Agenda.” Opening statements, a webcast, and instructions for submitting comments to the record are all here. The sole witness at the hearing...
Read MoreJapanese Prime Minister Abe Shinto is expected to announce his nation’s intention to enter the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations at 6pm on Friday. To join the negotiations, Japan will need to win the consent of...
Read MoreThis week, Antigua and Barbados’ Finance Minister told the Caribbean press that its ambassador “is engaging officials and technicians at the office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, DC, to try...
Read MoreThe eleven countries negotiating the TPP are in negotiations in Singapore from March 4 through 13. Inside U.S. Trade reports that “the main issue intellectual ptoperty negotiators are discussing here is enforcement…...
Read MoreOn March 1, the trade agreement negotiated among the European Union, Peru, and Colombia went into effect in the EU and Peru. The EC press office reports that Colombia is still in the process of ratifying the agreement, and is...
Read MoreThe eleven countries negotiating the TPP will hold negotiations in Singapore from March 4 through 13. The formal stakeholder outreach will take place on Wednesday the 6th. Inside U.S. Trade has reported that industry sources...
Read MoreToday, the U.S. Trade Representative posted the 2013 Trade Policy Agenda and 2012 Trade Policy Report. The report covers trade negotiations existing trade agreements, and enforcement activities for all sectors. At first glance,...
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