Participants in meeting of Obama’s “trade team”
A Wall Street Journal blog by William Mauldin describes a recent meeting with Obama and his “trade team” to strategize over…
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.
Newly Leaked TPP Documents Show Substantial Disagreements on Key Issues
As Trade Ministers meet for their TPP meeting in Singapore this week, additional leaks have been posted by Wikileaks and…
Differential Treatment to Limit TRIPS-Plus Provisions in the TPP – A Quick Look at Average Incomes by Quintile
USTR has proposed giving differential treatment to some of the TPP negotiating partners. Their plan would allow countries not classified…
Publishing industry employment in 16 countries, compared to survey data on copyright user rights
The copyright industries hire a lot of people, and employment figures are often used to argue for stronger protection for…
Competition Commission of India to Investigate Ericsson for Unfair Royalties for Use of Standards Essential Patents
The Competition Commission of India will investigate Ericsson for anticompetitive practices related to its Standard Essential Patents on smartphone technology.…
USTR Proposes Extra Intellectual Property Protection for Biologic Drugs in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
At last week’s round of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Salt Lake City, access to medicines campaigners reported that…
English Translation of the New Version of Brazil’s Marco Civil
Thanks to Carolina Rossini for sending an English translation of the new version of Brazil’s Marco Civil legislation. Intellectual Property…
Department of Commerce Posts Comments on Its Green Paper Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy
Last week, 78 stakeholders submitted comments to the Department of Commerce on policy raised in its recent Green paper Copyright…
Wikileaks Releases the August 30th Draft of the Trans Pacific Partnership Draft Intellectual Property Chapter
The draft Trans Pacific Partnership chapter on intellectual property, as it stood on August 30, 2013, has been posted at…
Senate Finance Committee Hearing on U.S.-EU Trade Agreement: IP, Medicines, and Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Today the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), currently under negotiation between…
Chilean Presidential Candidate Michelle Bachelet Recommends Review of Trans Pacific Partnership Scope and Obligations
Chilean Presidential Candidate Michelle Bachelet has released a platform that includes a chapter on external relations, including trade policy. Michelle…
AARP to Obama Administration: Trans Pacific Partnership Should Not Require 12 Years of Data Exclusivity for Biologic Drugs
The Hill reports that the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has sent a letter to the Obama Administration warning…