By: Charles Duan July 10, 2024 On June 28, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a request for public comments on potential legislation for an experimental use exception in patent law. [1] Comments are due to the USPTO by...
Read More[Juan Ramón Rangel Silva] As the sun sets on the second term of Australia’s Francis Gurry, WIPO’s 83-member Coordination Committee will elect the organization’s next Director General in less than a week. This is a hotly contested and high stakes election that initially began with 10 candidates. At the present time, only 6 candidates remain in the running. Based on articles published in specialized journals and magazines regarding the performance of the candidates during a closed interview session which took place with Member States on February 6 and 7, 2020, three candidates it appears are the likely front runners.
Read MoreBy HU Yuanqiong – Advocates of access to medicines movement would not feel unfamiliar with the issue of patent evergreening on chemical medicines while monopoly could get prolonged through applying for multiple patents on...
Read More[PIJIP Staff] On June 14th, 2017, the International Union of Operating Engineers Stationary Engineers Local 39 Health and Welfare Trust Fund, The Detectives’ Endowment Association, Inc., and David Mitchell (“Plaintiffs”) filed a...
Read MoreDelia Browne, University of Auckland The Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill 2017 (the Bill) was passed on Thursday 15 June 2017 and will become law sometime in late December this year (six months...
Read More[Luisa Guzmán] Last week Fundación Via Libre released a statement urging Argentinian lawmakers to drop a bill proposing a Copyright term extension for photographs, and asking them to open a public debate with the purpose of...
Read MoreBrianna van Kan, Ben Picozzi, and Rebecca Wexler Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic On April 3, 2015, Intellectual Property Watch (IP-Watch) completed its written arguments to the federal district court in...
Read MoreLeena Menghaney India, like South Africa, is concerned about the Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) it has signed in the past. India has put out a draft its New Model text for BITs negotiations, Now posted online:...
Read MoreSeth Johnson At the following link you will find the FCC’s NPRM for establishing a “retransmission consent” regime online for a specific class of online services called Multichannel Video Programming...
Read MoreThe following message was sent to infojustice from an observer in Chile who wishes to remain unidentified… On March 5, the Chilean Constitutional Court (CC) decided to review the constitutionality of the patent linkage...
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