PRESS BRIEFINGS – Release of EU Greens Draft Analysis of ACTA – Analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

WEBCAST

August 25, 2011

10:00   Release of EU Greens Draft Analysis of ACTA
11:00   Analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

CONTACTS:

Megan Smith | megans@wcl.american.edu | 202-274-4276
Sean Flynn | sflynn@wcl.american.edu | 202-294-5749

Draft Reports:

Draft Report: ACTA and Access to Medicines
Draft Report: ACTA and the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Location:

American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016

Prior to the opening of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, a press briefing will be held to release two Draft reports commissioned by the EU Greens on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, and its impact on the public interest.

The release of the reports will be followed by an analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership’s IP and pharmaceutical chapters before upcoming negotiations in Chicago.

The briefing swill be webcast, and questions will be taken from the public via email (globalcong@gmail.com)

Invited experts & panelists for the press event include:

  • Sean Flynn, American University Washington College of Law
  • Erik Josefsson, EU Green Party
  • Alberto Cerda, University of Chile
  • Rashmi Rangnath, Public Knowledge
  • Kimberlee Weatherall, University of Queensland, Australia
  • León Felipe Sánchez Ambía, Creative Commons, Mexico
  • Margot Kaminski, Yale University
  • Christophe Geiger, CEIPI, University of Strasbourg
  • Jérémie Zimmermann, La Quadrature du Net
  • Peter Maybarduk, Public Citizen
  • Matt Kavanagh, Health GAP
  • John Bergmayer, Public Knowledge
  • Jonathan Band, policybandwidth

 

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  • Mike Palmedo

    Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an economics PhD candidate.

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