U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley The 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...
Read MoreJoint press release by ACT-UP Paris, April, and La Quadrature du Net. In 2011 and 2012, European citizens took to the streets to protest against secret negociations of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) that...
Read MoreLast week, the World Intellectual Property Organization hosted meetings on the treaty for the visually impaired. Progress was slow, and observers are asking whether WIPO will be able to conclude the negotiations by December as...
Read MoreOctober 22-28 is Open Access Week, “a global event for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help...
Read MoreOpen Access Week Begins Today October 22-28 is Open Access Week, “a global event for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with...
Read MoreThe Ugandan Center for Health Human Rights and Development has published a set of Model Provisions to Promote Access to Affordable Medicines in the country’s IP legislation that has been under debate for three years. The...
Read MoreA new paper by Roya Ghafele and Benjamin Gibert provides empirical evidence that Singapore’s adoption of fair use into its copyright law had a positive effect on it economy. The authors examine data from the private...
Read MoreBritish Columbia’s Ministry of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology has announced that it will “offer students free online, open textbooks for the 40 most popular post-secondary courses.” The...
Read MoreA leaked text of the Canada-Europe Free Trade Agreement, and an email sent from the Secretariat of the Council of the European Union to the Member States and the Commission, are fueling concern about the agreement’s intellectual...
Read MorePIJIP and Public Citizen Event October 16 – “IP, Trade and Development” PIJIP and Public Citizen will co-host a multidisciplinary event that will bring together academics, civil society, and policy makers to 1) examine how...
Read MoreJudge Harold Baer has issued a decision in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust that equals a big win for universities and for fair use. The HathiTrust is a digital collection of millions of scanned books from sixty partner...
Read MoreToday, Canada announced it has formally joined the TPP negotiations. (Press release). Yesterday, Mexico announced it had formally joined the TPP negotiations and will hold an intercessional on Nov 12-15. (Press release) Last...
Read MoreMexico and Canada Formally Join TPP Negotiations Today, Canada announced it has formally joined the TPP negotiations. Yesterday, Mexico issued a press release announcing it had formally joined the TPP negotiations and will hold...
Read MoreUPDATE: On Monday, Oct 8, Mexico announced that it had formally joined the TPP negotiatios, and that it will host an intersessional meeting in November. [Press Release] Today Barbara Weisel, head of the Trans Pacific...
Read MoreHealth advocates have asked the EU not to include data exclusivity requirements in the “Deeply Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement” that is being negotiated between the EU and Moldova. Article 9 of the agreement is...
Read More[Repost from the WCL IP Brief. Original post here. CC-BY] After the U.S. approved the FTA with Colombia, this South American nation sought to comply with the terms of the agreement by passing a new bill last April 10, 2012....
Read MoreOn September 27, California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills into law to provide open access textbooks to students in the University of California university system. SB 1052, establishes the California Open Education...
Read MorePanama Passes Copyright Bill – Reactions and Analysis Last week the Panamanian Congress passed Bill no. 510 on Copyright and Related Rights, meant to bring the country into compliance with its trade agreement with the U.S. The...
Read MoreCautionary Tales About Collective Rights Organizations [Jon Band] Collective licensing has been suggested as a possible solution for the obstacle copyright law places in the path of new uses of works enabled by innovative...
Read MoreCollective licensing has been suggested as a possible solution for the obstacle copyright law places in the path of new uses of works enabled by innovative technologies. Collective licensing does have the potential to reduce...
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