Europe Hopes to Wrap Up Trade Negotiations with Canada Next Week: IPR Issues Remain Unsettled
Europolitics reports that European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht will travel to Canada next week “in the hope of concluding…
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.
Background on WTO Rules Allowing Antigua to Partially Suspend TRIPS as Cross Retaliation in a Trade Dispute
Today the government of Antigua is seeking final WTO authorization to launch a website that will sell copyright-infringing content without…
India Hears Appeal of Compulsory License for Cancer Drug Sorafenib
India’s Intellectual Property Appellate Board is hearing Bayer’s appeal to the government’s compulsory license for patents on the drug Sorafenib…
USTR Working to Develop New Text on IP and Health in the TPP
Inside U.S. Trade reports that USTR has begun an “internal review of the controversial pharmaceutical patent proposal that U.S. trade…
A Look at Industry Comments Regarding the Inclusion (or Not) of IPRs in Soon-to-Be-Proposed U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement
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…
Infojustice Roundup – January 7, 2013
Second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest The second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public…
Webcasts and Notes from the Opening Plenary of the 2nd Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
The second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest opened on December 15th in Rio de Janeiro, hosted…
Mapping the Web Space Around the ACTA Debate
In her talk at the opening plenary of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, Vera Franz…
USTR Requests Comments for 2013 Special 301 Report, Announces Hearing on February 20
On New Year’s Eve, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued a Federal Register Notice announcing 2013’s Special 301…
OER Law Passes in São Paulo, Awaits Governor’s Signature
On December 20, the state of São Paulo approved PL 989/2011, which establishes a policy of Open Educational Resources. Article one…
Final Blow to ACTA in the EU: European Court of Justice No Longer to Rule on Its Legality
The European Commission has withdrawn its request for the European Court of Justice to rule on the legality of the…
EU Parliament Adopts Digital Freedom Strategy for Foreign Policy
Yesterday the EU Parliament adopted a resolution on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy, which focuses on human…