Public Citizen Conference Call Briefing on Trade Negotiations Underway in the United States Contact: Arthur Stamoulis arthur@citizenstrade.org WHAT: Fair trade advocates from the United States, New Zealand and Australia...
Read MoreIP-Enforcement Roundup – September 5, 2011 TPP Negotiators to Meet in Chicago for Negotiating Round: Reports Show the Conflict Between IP Provisions and Local Laws in the U.S. and Australia The next negotiating round of the...
Read MoreNominet, the British domain name register for .uk domain names, has requested comments on proposed rules concerning “Domain names used in connection with criminal activity.” The rules would include “an...
Read MoreThe next negotiating round of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement will be held in Chicago from September 6-15. Negotiators hope to make progress on outstanding issues including intellectual property protection, which has...
Read MoreThis week, the Indian government’s Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Parliament) will debate the Copyright Amendments Act. The Centre for Internet and Society has raised a number of concerns – including the removal of parallel...
Read MoreIP Enforcement Roundup Progressive IP Experts From Around the World Meet in a Global Congress, Prepare a Declaration to Establish Priorities for Promoting the Public Interest in IP Law and Policy Seeking to ensure that public...
Read MoreCongress To Issue a Declaration to Establish Priorities for Promoting the Public Interest in Intellectual Property Law and Policy CONTACT: Sean Flynn 202-294-5749 sflynn@wcl.american.edu Seeking to ensure that public policy...
Read MoreThe EU Green Party has released two draft reports on ACTA, which are open for comments from the public for 30 days. Comments can be submitted online for each report: ACTA and Fundamental Rights | ACTA and Access to Medicines...
Read MoreThe Canadian copyright clearinghouse Access Copyright, which allows universities to reprint and upload copyrighted course materials for students in exchange for a flat fee, has raised the fee from C$18 to C$45 per student. In...
Read MoreProgram on Information Justice and Intellectual Property American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20016 August 25-27, 2011 | Room 603 The Global Congress on Intellectual Property...
Read MoreInside U.S. Trade reports that the US government urged Chile “to strengthen the system by which patent owners can challenge the approval of allegedly infringing generic pharmaceuticals to be sold in that market, and its...
Read MoreWEBCAST August 25, 2011 10:00 Release of EU Greens Draft Analysis of ACTA 11:00 Analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement CONTACTS: Megan Smith | megans@wcl.american.edu | 202-274-4276 Sean Flynn |...
Read MoreIP Enforcement Roundup Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest to Open August 25 The Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest will bring together scholars, policymakers, and...
Read MoreEarlier this month, seven members of Congress wrote President Obama to “strongly recommend that the United States refrain from negotiating any provisions related to exclusivity for biosimilar medicines” in the Trans...
Read MoreThe 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that “the first sale doctrine, which allows a person who buys a legally produced copyrighted work to sell or otherwise dispose of the work as he sees fit, does not apply to...
Read MoreHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith has promised to introduce a house version of the PROTECT-IP Bill in September. (The Senate version has been introduced and has cleared the Judiciary Committee, but Sen. Wyden has...
Read MoreIP Enforcement Roundup USTR Staff Meets with Civil Society on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines On August 10, USTR staff met civil society actors to discuss the intellectual property and pharmaceutical provisions in...
Read MoreOn August 10, USTR staff met civil society actors to discuss the intellectual property and pharmaceutical provisions in the Trans Pacific Partnership. USTR was represented by Probit Mehta, Stan McCoy and Jared Raglad, and the...
Read MoreA federal judge has denied the Spanish company Peurto 80’s motion to release the domains rojadirectica.com and rojadirectica.org, seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement through Operation In Our Sites. The seized...
Read MoreAn interagency Working Group headed by the Office IP Enforcement Coordinator and including staff from the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Defense, NASA, and the General Services Administration has been formed to...
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