[Joint civil society letter, Link] Dear Member of Congress: As organizations concerned with public health in the United States and across the world, we are alarmed by the implications for access to medicines of the...
Read MoreEIFL joins an open letter to the European Commission calling for ambitious copyright reform without curtailing internet freedoms [Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] EIFL has joined an open letter addressed to...
Read MoreThe European Union has published its report on the 12th round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment (TTIP) negotiations, held in Brussels Februiary 22-26. The full document is available here. The section reporting on the...
Read More[Paul Keller, Communia Assoc., Link (CC-0)] We spend a lot of effort pointing out that additional copyright, like rights for specific groups of rights holders, are a problematic concept that has potential to cause a lot of...
Read More[Anubha Sinha, CIS-India, Link (CC-BY)] Smartphones have emerged as the exemplar of mankind’s quest for shrinking technologies. They embody the realization of a simple premise – that computing devices would do more and...
Read MoreNew Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Link) Submissions are due by 5pm on Wednesday, 30 March 2016 Submission template (MS Word) Discussion paper (PDF) Summary: On 9 March 2016, the Minister of Commerce...
Read MoreOpen Education Week is a global event that seeks to raise awareness of free and open sharing in education and the benefits they bring to teachers and learners. Coordinated by the Open Education Consortium, the event showcases...
Read More[Australian Digital Alliance, Link (CC-BY)] This week is Fair Use Week/Fair Dealing Week, and initiative started by the Association of Research Libraries which celebrates the importance of flexible exceptions to copyright...
Read MoreAJIC, Link Centre, University of Witwatersrand, Link The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) invites submissions to its Issue 19, 2016, which will be a thematic issue focusing on matters of “Knowledge...
Read More‘Patent opposition’ seeks to ensure millions of people left out of Gilead licensing deals can access affordable generics [Médecins Sans Frontières] New Delhi/New York, 26 February 2016— In proceedings that could have major...
Read MoreMariana Giorgetti Valente and Jonas Coelho Marchezan Internet Lab, Link (CC-BY) Last Monday, February 15, the Brazilian Ministry of Culture launched a new public consultation (PT) about copyright. This time, the intention is to...
Read More[IP Watch, Link (CC-BY)] Today, United States President Barack Obama sent two signed multilateral copyright treaties negotiated at the World Intellectual Property Organization to the US Senate for ratification. The treaties are...
Read MoreKick-off conference starts debate on ratification of treaty for the benefit of persons with print disabilities [Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] ‘Copyright in the Digital Age: Access to Information and...
Read More[Natalia Mileszyk, Communia Association, Link (CC-0)] While at this stage almost everyone agrees that the EU’s 2001 Copyright Framework is outdated and needs to be reformed, there is a very broad spectrum of ideas of what such a...
Read More[Kate Ribet, MSF/Fix the Patent Laws, Link (CC-BY-SA)] Leading up to World Cancer Day (4 February 2016), the Fix the Patent Laws coalition released a short video highlighting how shortcomings in South Africa’s patent laws...
Read MoreDugie Standeford for IP-Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA) The Nigerian government has continued to make progress toward new copyright legislation in recent weeks, but efforts appear to have become less transparent, as the results of a...
Read More[Cable Green, Link (CC-BY)] Creative Commons (CC) believes publicly funded education, research and data resources should be shared in the global commons. The public should have access to what it paid for, and should not be...
Read MoreThe Center for International Intellectual Property Studies is hosting, in partnership with the members of the EIPIN network and the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts (Case Western Reserve University School of...
Read MoreFour companies to help speed access to curative direct-acting antiviral in 112 low- and middle-income countries [MPP Press release, Link, (CC-BY-NC-ND)] Geneva, 20 January 2016 – The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced its...
Read More[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] The 31st session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), that met in Geneva from 7 to 11 December 2015, had a full agenda that included...
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