IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Releases Annual Report On February 8, the IP Czar released the IPEC Annual Report to the President and Congress. The report describes efforts to increase...
Read MoreOn February 16, 2011 at 10am the full Senate Judiciary will hold a hearing on efforts to shut down websites where IP-infringing content is hosted. The witnesses will include representatives from Rosetta Stone, the Authors...
Read MorePolitico has published a story covering the recent resolution by state lawmakers urging USTR to exclude from the Trans Pacific Partnership any chapter on pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursements. The resolution by the National...
Read MoreOn February 8, the ‘IP Czar’ released the annual report to the President and Congress. The report describes efforts to enlist industry to voluntarily fight online infringement, to increase criminal enforcement, and...
Read MoreIP owners, government enforcement agencies, and WIPO met in Paris last week for the Sixth Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. Three themes that were repeated throughout the meeting were 1) the need to convince...
Read MoreIP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy meets in Paris IP owners, government enforcement agencies, and WIPO representatives met in Paris last week for the Sixth Global Congress Combating...
Read MoreWAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE PRESS RELEASE: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on the status of President Barack Obama’s trade policy...
Read MoreOXFAM PRESS RELEASE, FEBRUARY 2, 2011: The proliferation of substandard, dangerous medicines in poor countries is being used by rich countries as an excuse to tighten intellectual property rules, boosting the profits of large...
Read MoreU.S. cables released by wikileaks show that the agreement was developed with the intention of establishing new norms against which to measure the efforts of middle income countries not involved in the negotiations. They show...
Read MoreThe last panel of the day at the Global Conference Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy was titled “The power of education and awareness in building respect for IP.” It was moderated by John Tarpey, Director of WIPO’s...
Read MoreAn opinion on ACTA drafted by European academics identifies the most critical aspects of ACTA and shows how it clashes both with EU law and with the enforcement provisions of the TRIPS Agreement. FFII reports that EU trade...
Read MoreThe first afternoon panel at the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy was moderated by Simon Crompton, editor of the British publication Managing IP. He opened by noting that ACTA has been criticized both for...
Read MoreAfter an opening plenary that restated the themes of the meeting, the second day of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy broke into panels, one of which was “Financing effective enforcement – innovative...
Read MoreIn the late afternoon at the first day of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, a Boardroom Dialogue Session was held on “IP enforcement and sustainable development – perspectives and challenges.” Johannes...
Read MoreThe afternoon at the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy included two sets of Boardroom Dialogue Discussions. In the first set, one was “Competition law and building respect for IP.” It was moderated by Josef...
Read MoreAfter the opening plenary of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, the conference split into two simultaneous Boardroom Dialogue Sessions, including one on “Determining the Impact – the Importance of Measuring...
Read MoreJohn Morten, Director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the US opened the afternoon plenary of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, saying that IP enforcement is a high priority for Obama...
Read MoreThe opening of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy featured the heads of many different public and private organizations. The themes that were repeated by all speakers were 1) the need to convince the public...
Read MoreIP ENFORCMENT ROUNDUP Swiss government responds to Berne Declaration criticism of ACTA Switzerland’s Minister of Justice and Police has responded to a critique of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement sent by the Berne...
Read MoreGaëlle Krikorian and Amy Kapczynski, editors. Complete Text: Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property. Contributors: Ahmed Abdel Latif, Philippe Aigrain, Jeffrey Atteberry, Yochai Benkler, Yann Moulier Boutaing,...
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