FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Art Brodsky 202-861-0020 (o) 301-908-7715 (c) abrodsky@publicknowledge.org The latest back-room negotiations for the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) trade talks are scheduled for May 8-18...
Read More[Federal Register, vol 77, no. 77]: Pursuant to a request from Congress, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking comments as to whether the United States should identify and bar from publication and...
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Read MoreRedPaTodos, a citizen participation platform that promotes discussion on copyright and its application on the Internet, warns that the adoption of Bill 201/2012, known in social networks and media as #LeyLleras2, failed the...
Read Moreby Geraldine Jaurez Yesterday there was a meeting of the NAFTA group, which put out this joint statement. Excerpt on ACTA: As leading sources of innovation and creativity, our three countries are committed to the protection and...
Read MoreDiane Peters, Creative Commons creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/32138 April 2, 2120 We are pleased to post for public comment the first discussion draft of version 4.0. This draft is the product of an extended (and...
Read MoreBelow is the Statement of the Grupo de Trabalho Sobre, Propriedade Intelectual on the Brazlian government’s decision to annul Abbott Laboratories’ patent on lopinavir+ritonavir, an important antiretroviral medicine...
Read MoreReposted from University of Lincoln Research Blog Annalisa Jones (CC BY-SA 2.0) Research Councils UK (RCUK) have produced a draft policy paper which sees an amendment to open access policies whereby it will be mandatory for all...
Read MoreAUTHORS: Oghenetega Ivwighreghweta and Oghenovo Kelvin Onoriode, Western Delta University Nigeria ABSTRACT: The study examined the extent of researchers’ appreciation of open access scholarly publishing. It discussed the...
Read MoreFrom the Creative Commons Website: “Today Creative Commons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Institute announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition. The competition will...
Read MoreThe OpenCourseWare Consortium has announced the first Open Education Week, from March 5 to 12, which aims “to raise awareness of the open education movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. Participation in all...
Read MoreREPOSTED FROM USTR: The 11th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 1-9 March 2012. There will be several events for registered stakeholders to take...
Read MoreThe American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has published a report on the first UAEM Neglected Diseases and Innovation Symposium. Click here for the full report. ABSTRACT: Universities Allied for Essential Medicines...
Read MoreThe White House has responded to online petitions against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT-IP Act, which together have received over 100,000 signatures, indicating it will not support the bills as currently drafted:...
Read More[Repost of a blog on whitehouse.gov by Rick Weiss.] In November, OSTP issued two Requests for Information (RFI), one on open access to scientific publications and the other on the management of digital data. Yesterday,...
Read MoreRepost of an IP-Enforcement Message from Geraldine Juarez: Senador Federico Doring has introduced a bill that empowers Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) to send notifications to users based on allegations of...
Read MoreThe following are notes taken by Steven Knievel from Public Citizen, who attended the hearing. The full hearing can be viewed at http://waysandmeans.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2 TPFTA Hearing, House Committee on...
Read MoreMargot Kaminski and Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid November 14, 2011 Abstract: This Working Paper addresses the proposed WIPO International Instrument on Limitations and Exceptions for Persons with Print Disabilities. We conclude that if...
Read MoreBy Margot Kaminski, originally posted on Intellectual Property Watch. The role of online intermediaries in copyright enforcement is on the international negotiating table. The topic arose in early drafts of the...
Read Moreby Matthew C. Porterfield & Christopher R. Byrnes Originally published on July 12, 2011 in the Investment Treaty News, a newsletter of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Matthew C. Porterfield is a...
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