[European Copyright Society] On June 11, 2015, the Advocate-General Pedro Cruz Villalón delivered his Opinion in the HP Belgium v. Reprobel case now pending before the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU, case C-572/13). This...
Read More[Meera Nair, Fair Duty Blog, Link (CC-BY)] My last post focused on a very one-sided report bemoaning the fortunes (or lack thereof) of the educational publishing industry. That industry apparently needs our support in the form...
Read More[Maryant Fernández Pérez, EDRi, Link (CC-BY)] On 30 July 2015, copyright and related rights-holders associations, the General Inspection of Cultural Activities (IGAC), the Portuguese Consumer Directorate-General, the Portuguese...
Read More[K. William Watson, Cato Institute, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments today in a case about dental retainers that could threaten the free flow of information over the...
Read More[Linda Daniels, IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] A conference here this week elicited a robust debate amongst intellectual property stakeholders in South Africa about the objectives of the far-reaching draft Copyright Amendment...
Read More[Marcus Low, Borrie LaGrange, Umunyana Rugege, Link (CC-BY-SA)] A submission to the United States Government shows South Africa is facing pressure from the pharmaceutical industry to backtrack on intellectual property (IP) law...
Read MoreSPARC press release, Link (CC-BY) Contact: Ranit Schmelzer 202-5380-1065 | sparcmedia@arl.org Washington, DC –The Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today passed S. 779, the Fair Access to...
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | CONTACT: Nicole L’Esperance (Blumenauer), 202-225-4811 Aaron Hunter (Davis), 202-225-1686 Patrick Malone (Himes), 202- 225-5541 Washington, DC – As Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiators meet in...
Read MoreSee also, Public Knowledge press release and this letter in PDF (CC-BY-SA) Dear Ambassador Froman: All consumers are users of intellectual property. The average American interacts with hundreds, if not thousands, of ...
Read More[Médecins Sans Frontières press release, Link] At the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference today, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned that...
Read More[Priscila Gonsales, Digital Rights LAC, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] After the industrial revolution, the information was primarily physical, printed: books, records, CDs, textbooks, encyclopedias, among other instruments. With the advent...
Read More[Camden for Torrent Freak, Link (CC-BY-NC)] Earlier this month several music industry organizations in the UK won a judicial review which renders the Government’s decision to allow copying for personal use unlawful....
Read More[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] EIFL is delighted that Mongolia is in line to become the ninth country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled....
Read MoreMatt Kavanagh, Health GAP Call for Participation & Call for Papers Access to Medicines Track Global Congress on Intellectual Property & the Public Interest 15 – 18 December 2015 New Delhi, India The fourth annual...
Read More[Patralekha Chatterjee for IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), part of US President Barack Obama’s promised pivot to Asia, has stirred up a hornet’s nest on the ethics of trying to hammer out a...
Read More[Greens-European Free Allaince press release, Link] The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs committee today voted by a broad majority on a report reviewing the EU’s current copyright framework. The report is authored by Pirate...
Read MoreStatement at the WTO TRIPS Council, June 2015 – Agenda Item: Request of Least Developed Country WTO Members with Respect to the Extension of the Transition Period for Pharmaceutical Products Universal health coverage is...
Read MoreThe Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+) & International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) Contact: loon_gangte@yahoo.com/+91- 9871029514 The eighth round of negotiation for the Regional Comprehensive Economic...
Read More[Belinda Townsend, Deborah Gleeson and Ruth Lopert, The Conversation, Link, (CC-BY-ND)] You’ve probably heard of the controversial and secret Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations, which have generated concerns...
Read MoreExpanded coalition calls for urgent approval of National Policy on Intellectual Property [Lotti Rutter, Treatment Access Campaign, Link (CC-BY)] Today, patient groups and other leading health organisations in South Africa have...
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