The report of the US-EU High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth has released its final report that recommends the negotiation of a trade agreement between the two. The report specifically recommends “a comprehensive agreement that addresses a broad…
The U.S. Trade Representative has posted comments received for the 2013 Special 301 Review. The full docket is available here. In all, USTR received 30 comments from American or multinational firms and trade associations; seven from civil society groups or…
Last week, European Trade Commissioner traveled to the US to meet with US Trade Representative Ron Kirk. There was anticipation that the US and EU might announce their intention to negotiate a free trade agreement. However, it did not happen.…
The World Trade Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, and World Health Organization jointly released a report today on “Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation: Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade.” The report discusses a number of issues…
Europolitics reports that European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht will travel to Canada next week “in the hope of concluding trade talks with the two countries before the EU’s 27 heads of state and government meet in Brussels.” However, Canadian…
Today the government of Antigua is seeking final WTO authorization to launch a website that will sell copyright-infringing content without paying American rightholders in retaliation for the U.S.’s violation of the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services. The U.S.…
India’s Intellectual Property Appellate Board is hearing Bayer’s appeal to the government’s compulsory license for patents on the drug Sorafenib (sold under the brand name Nexavar by Bayer). This medicine is used to treat kidney and liver cancer. The branded…
Inside U.S. Trade reports that USTR has begun an “internal review of the controversial pharmaceutical patent proposal that U.S. trade officials tabled” earlier in the TPP negotiations. However, USTR has also signaled new text will not be ready by the…
Europolitics.org reports that the U.S.-EU High Level Working Group (HLWG) on Jobs and Growth, co-chaired by Europe’s Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk , will likely release a report proposing the negotiation of a “comprehensive…
Second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest The second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was hosted by the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas on December 15-17 in Rio de…
The second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest opened on December 15th in Rio de Janeiro, hosted by the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas. The first day featured a series of plenary speakers. …
In her talk at the opening plenary of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, Vera Franz showed this graphic which maps the web space around the ACTA debate. It shows the sites that drew most of…