Today, Reps. Levin, Waxman, Conyers, Rangel and McDermott sent the following letter to the U.S. Trade Representative. In October 2011 we wrote to Ambassador Kirk to reiterate the importance of incorporating, in the Trans Pacific...
Read More[Treatment Action Campaign, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] Today the Mail & Guardian published a story entitled – “Motsoaledi: Big pharma’s ‘satanic’ plot is genocide” regarding leaked documents...
Read More[Maria del Pilar Sáenz in Las 2 Orillas, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] Hace más de un año un anuncio de la universidad de Harvard estremeció a la comunidad académica: la universidad no estaba dispuesta a seguir pagando los altos costos que...
Read More[Tim Vollmer. Reposted from Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] The public domain is the DNA of creativity. Whereby current copyright law requires permission in order to use a work, the public domain is a copyright-free zone...
Read More[Internet Association, Link (CC-BY-SA)] The Internet Association appreciates Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Hatch’s recognition that the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 must address key trade issues in...
Read More[Unni Karunakara in PLoS, Link (CC-BY)] Open data and data sharing are essential for maximizing the benefits that can be obtained from institutional and research datasets [1]. In 2012, the medical humanitarian organization...
Read More[Andy, Torrent Freak, Link (CC-BY-NC)] The controversial RedTube case in Germany has provoked an interesting response from the Ministry of Justice. Although it says the question will ultimately be answered by the European Court,...
Read More[Maximiliano Marzetti, IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-ND)] The Congress of Argentina recently passed a landmark law making publicly funded science and technology research publications free and open access. On 13 November, the...
Read More[Universidad de Plermo Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información, Link] This new document, produced by CELE’s Freedom of Expression on the Internet Initiative (iLEI), takes on a theoretic discussion...
Read MoreMovimiento Derecho a la Cultura LAC Latin America, Link (CC-BY-SA) 2013 has been a year of deep discussions about copyright in Uruguay, which has ended with a copyright law reform intended to add exceptions and remove criminal...
Read MoreICTSD Issue Paper 40 Author: Shubha Ghosh Abstract: The concept of the exhaustion, which determines the point at which the IPRs holder’s control over the good or service ceases, is the subject of increased attention by...
Read More[William New for IP Watch, Link, (CC-BY-NC-ND)] CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Academics, advocates, lawyers, government officials and others meeting this week helped launch several new books and research tools to better understand...
Read More[MPP Press release, Link (CC-NC-ND)] The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb have signed a licensing agreement to increase access to a key HIV medicine, atazanavir, in 110 developing...
Read More[Isaac Rutenburg, Afro-IP, Link (CC_BY)] Today is Day 3 of the Global Congress and OpenAIR conference in Cape Town, SA. It also marks the shift of focus from OpenAIR to the Global Congress per se. The day began with, among other...
Read More[Paul Keller, Communia Blog, Link, (CC0-Public Domain)] Last week Thursday the European Commission launched its much anticipated public consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules. This consultation is the first visible...
Read More[Open Air, Link to conference website (CC-BY-SA)] This week, from 9 to 13 December 2013, delegates from national and international governmental entities, the private sector, civil society and academia are gathered for five days...
Read More[Public Library of Science Blogs, Link (CC-BY)] Reshma Ramachandran and David Carroll warn that the Trans-Pacific Partnership will trample over access to affordable medicines Last month, Wikileaks posted the complete...
Read MoreThe European Commission has today launched a public consultation as part of its on-going efforts to review and modernise EU copyright rules. The consultation invites stakeholders to share their views on areas identified in the...
Read MoreOpen letter to WTO Leadership signed 162 Civil Society Groups. Original, with signatures. The undersigned organizations are writing to express concerns regarding intellectual property commitments being forced on Yemen as part...
Read MoreBy Luisa Fernanda Guzmán Mejía (CC-BY) Cross posted from Digital Rights – LAC; Link After approving the Marrakesh Treaty, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will resume the Development Agenda. Now is the...
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