The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) has written the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, asking it to form an official opinion on ACTA. The letter...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Call for Papers: Toward a Positive Agenda in International Intellectual Property Law American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information...
Read MoreA new EU Greens/ European Free Alliance position paper starts from the premise that copyright should guard against unauthorized commercial use, but individuals should be able to copy and share works as long as the author is...
Read MoreCongressional Democrats, the branded drug industry, and public health groups have commented on USTR’s new approach to intellectual property described in its recently published white paper on trade and access to medicines....
Read MoreThe city of Sao Paulo has adopted a law supported by REA-Brazil that requires the city to purchase open educational resources. Specifically the resources must be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share...
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla that would allow police to search disk manufacturing plants without a warrant, and seize equipment used to manufacture illegal copies. Excerpt from...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest ACTA Signed by Eight Nations On October 1, the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement was signed by Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore,...
Read MoreOn October 2, the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement was signed by Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States. The signing statement issued at the ceremony called the agreement “a...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Call for Papers: Towards a Positive Agenda in International Intellectual Property Law American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information...
Read MoreThe Pan African Conference on Access to Information was held this month in Capetown, hosted by UNECSO, the African Union, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’...
Read MoreThe office of the US Trade Representative has requested comments from interested parties on “Notorious Markets,” which include both physical markets and internet sites that distribute infringing content. This is the second year...
Read MoreOn September 19-20, the UN held a High Level Meeting to develop a global strategy to fight Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), “principally cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes.”...
Read MoreThe Obama administration’s proposal to reduce U.S. deficits contains two provisions dealing with intellectual property and healthcare. The proposal would reduce data exclusivity for biologic medicines to 7 years (from the...
Read MoreIP Enforcement Roundup Changes to Weekly “Roundup” Email Starting next week, this email will be renamed the “Infojustice Roundup.” The scope will be widened to include more current, positive developments of IP policy (while...
Read MoreLast week the U.S. tabled additional text on intellectual property at the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiating round in Chicago. The text is confidential, but trade officials told reporters that it includes TRIPS-Plus measures...
Read MoreIn a speech to the Royal Television Society, UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has suggested that the British government may “look at legislative solutions” to crack down on infringing content online. His specific suggestions: “A...
Read MoreIP-Enforcement Roundup – September 12, 2011 Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Intellectual property and information policy experts from around the world have released the Washington...
Read MoreThe statement of the administration today continues its practice of actively thwarting the release of meaningful information about its positions in closed door international law making. The statement says little about what the...
Read MoreOn September 6, a Division Branch of the Supreme Court of India was going to hear Novartis’ challenge to the Appellate Decision that prevented it from patenting imatinib messylate, but Judge Dalveer Bhandari recused himself and...
Read MoreKarel De Gucht, EU Commissioner for Trade, gave a speech on September 7 at the “Conference on Intellectual Property Captured – Which Course to Take against Counterfeiters?” The speech stressed the actions the EU is taking to...
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