Global Congress on Intellectual Property in the Public Interest On December 15-17, the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas will host the second Global Congress in Rio de Janiero. The theme for this...
Read MoreYesterday, the Cato Institute held an event about Copyright Unbalanced: From Incentives to Excess, a new book edited by Jerry Brito from George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. The event was a panel discussion with Brito,...
Read MoreToday the European Commission held a debate on copyright in the digital economy, and it agreed to move forward with a two tiered workplan to address the issues over the next year and a half. It will hold a formal stakeholder...
Read MoreUnprecedented lockout of stakeholders from TPP negotiating venue [Statement by Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland] The New Zealand government has imposed unprecedented restrictions on registered stakeholders as it hosts the...
Read MoreYesterday, the Canadian Parliament voted down Bill C-398, which would have streamlined the Canadian legal framework allowing generic firms to export medicines produced under compulsory license to developing countries. The...
Read MoreOn Wednesday, November 28, the Canadian Parliament will vote on Bill C-398, legislation to reform the Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR). This is the law that was passed in 2004 to allow generic firms in Canada to...
Read MorePhilippines Copyright Legislation Clears Conference Committee [Mike Palmedo] Legislation making a number of changes to the Philippines’ Republic Act 8293 (the Intellectual Property Code) has cleared the conference committee. ...
Read MoreLegislation making a number of changes to the Philippines’ Republic Act 8293 (the Intellectual Property Code) has cleared the conference committee. The law makes a number of changes aimed at strengthening IP protection,...
Read More25th Meeting of the WIPO SCCR: November 19-23 Today is the opening of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 25th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. The meeting will include...
Read MoreLast Friday, the Republican Study Committee published a report by staffer Derek Khanna titled Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix It. The brief received immediate attention and was redacted the following...
Read MoreOn Sunday, the United States and Thailand announced during President Obama’s visit to Thailand that the two countries will “convene the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Joint Council, which serves as a...
Read MoreEarlier this month the Nature Publishing Group announced a new policy allowing authors of articles published in all 19 of its journals to publish under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. Authors choosing to make...
Read MoreThough the European Parliament voted down the Anti-Counterfieiting Trade Agreement in the face of widespread opposition, the European Court of Justice is still tasked with determining whether the treaty is compatible with the...
Read MoreThe Bangkok Post reports that Thailand has agreed to enter the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations, a development that will be formally announced on Sunday during a U.S. Presidential visit by Obama on Sunday....
Read MorePhilippine Senate Passes Legislation That Changes Fair Use Provisions in Copyright Law [Mike Palmedo] Legislation to change the copyright law of the Philippines has passed the third reading in the Senate. The law was sponsored...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court of Canada has invalidated Pfizer’s patent for Viagra, on the grounds that the company’s patent filing did not meet the Patent Act’s disclosure requirements. Teva, the generic firm that...
Read MoreLegislation to change the copyright law of the Philippines has passed the third reading in the Senate. The law was sponsored by Senator Manny Villar, who is quoted in the press saying that “It is high time that we...
Read MoreFernando Quirós reports in the Tico Times that President Chinchilla of Costa Rica has signed a decree to protect photocopying of textbooks. A new law was recently passed to bring the nation into compliance with the Central...
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled today to hear oral arguments in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, a case which revisits the relationship between the Copyright Act’s limits on importation of a copyrighted work without permission and...
Read MorePakistan to Establish Intellectual Property Tribunals [Hafiz Aziz ur Rehman] Pakistan is almost set to establish specialized Intellectual Property Tribunals which would exercise exclusive jurisdiction on intellectual property...
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