Click here for the full comment (PDF) Excerpt: This comment presents results of ongoing research on copyright limitations being conducted by American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and...
Read MoreInside U.S. Trade reports on a Capitol Hill event on digital trade and the NAFTA renegotation at which Sen. Wyden made the following remark regarding copyright: “NAFTA 2.0 must take a balanced approach to copyright that...
Read MoreNAFTA Modernization Hearing, International Trade Commission USTR-2017-0006 | June 27, 2017 See also: Written Comment on NAFTA Modernization, submitted jointly with Sean Flynn My name is Michael Palmedo, and I work for the...
Read MoreThis week the U.S. government’s Trade Policy Staff Committee, an inter-agency group headed by the U.S. Trade Representative, will be holding a three-day open hearing on NAFTA. The purpose of the hearing, as stated in the...
Read MoreToday’s New York Times features a story on a leaked draft outline the Trump Administration’s upcoming Executive Order on drug pricing. According to the Times, “the document directs the United States trade...
Read MoreSean Michael Flynn and Michael Palmedo Comments to U.S. Trade Representative, re: NAFTA Negotiation The AU Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property has been working over several years on empirical research...
Read MoreThe South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, which is currently considering the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13-2017], has extended the deadline for the public to submit comments, and has...
Read MoreSouth Africa has released the 2017 Copyright Amendment Bill for public comment. The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry will accept written comments from the public through June 19, and will hold public hearings on the...
Read MoreToday, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer formally notified Congress of its intent to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), via a letter to Congressional leadership. The letter is less detailed...
Read More[Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge press release, Link (CC-BY)] In a move that could strike down barriers to treatment for the exploding hepatitis C epidemic that kills 700,000 people every year, attorneys and...
Read MoreHere is the Trump administration’s draft notice of intent to renegotiate NAFTA, which was put out by Inside U.S. Trade. The administration says many elements of the agreement as it currently stands are “clearly...
Read MoreNAFTA dispute panel arbitrators are reported to have issued a decision in the dispute brought by Eli Lilly against the government of Canada, though the decision has not been made public yet. Lilly had alleged that Canada’s...
Read MoreOn March 29, PIJIP will team up with the American University International Law Review and a number of other organizations to host a one-day conference: Globalizing Fair Use: Exploring the Diffusion of General, Open and Flexible...
Read MoreDelivered March 8, 2017 at the Open Hearing that USTR conducted as part of the 2017 Special 301 Review Thank you for the opportunity to testify at this hearing. My name is Mike Palmedo, and I work for American University...
Read More[Natalia Mileszyk, Communia Association, Link (CC-0)] The Rapporteur Marc Joulaud of the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) recognises the problem with proposed article 11 regarding protection of press publications...
Read MoreTwenty trade associations have written the House and Senate leadership urging Congressional engagement on the trade relationship between the U.S. and India. Their letter identifies intellectual property protection as an...
Read MoreAuthors: Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur Abstract: The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power “to Promote the Progress of Science and the Useful Arts” by granting copyrights and patents to authors and...
Read More[Joint press release from six civil society groups, Link] The six candidates for Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) – of whom one will be elected this May – have published responses to an open...
Read MoreThe U.S. Trade Representative has requested comments for the 2017 Special 301 Report, in which it lists countries that it alleges “deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) or deny fair...
Read MoreThe Australian Government Productivity Commission has released its final report on ‘Intellectual Property Arrangements,’ which recommends a number of reforms to IP law, including changes to the law on patents,...
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