Last year, the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organizagtion (UNESCO) announced the creation of the Global Open Access Portal, a project that aims to map the landscape of open access to scholarly and scientific information around the world. Funded…
Branka Totić, Director of the Serbian Intellectual Property Office, says that Serbia is prepared to ratify ACTA as part of its efforts to joint the European Union, assuming the existing Member States ratify the Agreement and it comes into force. Reports…
Agence France Presse reports that Slovenian government spokesman Anze Logar has told journalists that the government will delay ratification of the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement until debate of the agreement is settled in the European Union. “It would be senseless to…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Intellectual Property TPP Talks Stall in Melbourne Contrasting with the apparent progress on other chapters, which were declared “on track” by negotiators, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement’s intellectual property chapter appears to have…
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk testified before the Senate Finance Committee today about the Obama Administration’s 2012 Trade Agenda. (Last week, USTR released its Annual Report outlining the 2012 Agenda in detail.) The Committee has a webcast available here, and…
In today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Obama Administration’s 2012 Trade Agenda, Sen. Wyden pressed U.S. Trade Representative Kirk on ACTA. He referred to the Obama’s Administration’s assertion that ACTA is legally binding, and asked about the potential consequences.…
Today Representative Darrell Issa has issued a press release blasting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Issa notes that the agreement was negotiated in secret, may lead to poor consequences for consumers, and “appears to be an unconstitutional power grab begun by…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest News from the TPP Negotiations in Melbourne The eleventh round of Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations is being held from March 1-9 in Melbourne, Australia. Infojustice has posted the following related blogs: An…
February 28: MEP and ACTA Rapporteur David Martin indicated he wants the European Parliament to refer ACTA to the European Court of Justice to ensure that the agreement does not conflict with other treaty obligations and EU Common Law. [see…
As the U.S. enters a new round of TPP negotiations this week, it is being asked to initiate a formal trade dispute with one of the other countries at the negotiating table. Inside U.S. Trade reports that Senator Hatch has…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Interagency Committee Hears Testimony for the 2012 Special 301 Report On February 23, the Special 301 Committee held its third annual opening hearing as part of its review of foreign countries’ intellectual…
On February 22, EC Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht announced that the Commission has referred ACTA to the European Court of Justice. The court has been asked “to assess whether ACTA is incompatible – in any way – with the…