China has revised its legal framework to promote compulsory licenses for patented medicines to meet public health needs. The government is considering issuing a compulsory license for tenofovir, a medicine recommended for first line treatment of HIV/AIDS, which is sold…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Colombian Senators File Two Lawsuits Against Copyright Bill Passed to Comply with US-Colombia FTA Sens. Jorge Enrique and Camilo Robeldo have filed two lawsuits against Law 201, a copyright law introduced and…
Today, the Committee on International Development of the European Parliament held a vote on the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement and recommended its rejection by a large majority. The committee believed that passage of the agreement would negatively affect the health of…
The California Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill (SB 1053) that would create an digital library of openly available textbooks, and would allow students to buy hard copies for $20. The textbooks will be published under creative commons licenses, allowing faculty…
The online petition urging President Obama “to act now to implement open access policies for all federal agencies that fund scientific research” has generated over 25,000 signatures. All petitions posted to the administration’s “We the People” petition site that generate…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Open Access Petition Reaches 25,000 Signatures The online petition urging President Obama “to act now to implement open access policies for all federal agencies that fund scientific research” has generated over 25,000…
Today, three Committees of the European Parliament voted to recommend the rejection of ACTA by the full Parliament – the Committee Civil Liberties (LIBE), Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). In mid…
The UN Development Programme and UNAIDS released a joint policy brief this week at workshop on the “Use of TRIPS Flexibilities and Access to Affordable ARVs in Asia.” The paper notes that the use of TRIPS flexibilities has expanded the…
The Associated Press has reported that “Dutch lawmakers adopted a motion Tuesday urging the government not to sign” ACTA, and that “Lisa Neves Goncalves — a spokeswoman for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation — said the…
Last, week, the 65th World Health Assembly debated the report on the Consultative Expert Working Group (CEWG) on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination. The report noted the failure of the current international IP system to incentivize research into diseases…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest World Health Assembly Debates Convention on R&D for Neglected Diseases Last week, the 65th World Health Assembly debated proposals to increase and coordinate funding for research and development into diseases that affect…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Law Professors Declare Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Unconstitutional Without Congressional Approval Last week, fifty U.S. legal scholars sent an open letter to the Members of the Senate Finance Committee, asking each of them…