Infojustice Roundup – October 22, 2012
Open Access Week Begins Today October 22-28 is Open Access Week, “a global event for the academic and research community…
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.
Ugandan Center for Health Human Rights Publishes Guidelines for Changes to Industrial Property Bill
The Ugandan Center for Health Human Rights and Development has published a set of Model Provisions to Promote Access to…
Study Shows Positive Impact of Fair Use Singapore
A new paper by Roya Ghafele and Benjamin Gibert provides empirical evidence that Singapore’s adoption of fair use into its…
British Columbia to Offer Students Free Textbooks Under Creative Commons Licenses
British Columbia’s Ministry of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology has announced that it will “offer students free online, open textbooks…
Civil Society Warnings About IPR Provisions in the Canada-EU Trade Agreement
A leaked text of the Canada-Europe Free Trade Agreement, and an email sent from the Secretariat of the Council of…
Infojustice Roundup – October 15, 2012
PIJIP and Public Citizen Event October 16 – “IP, Trade and Development” PIJIP and Public Citizen will co-host a multidisciplinary…
Ruling for HathiTrust in Important Fair Use Case
Judge Harold Baer has issued a decision in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust that equals a big win for universities and…
Canada and Mexico Join TPP Negotiations
Today, Canada announced it has formally joined the TPP negotiations. (Press release). Yesterday, Mexico announced it had formally joined the…
Infojustice Roundup – October 9, 2012
Mexico and Canada Formally Join TPP Negotiations Today, Canada announced it has formally joined the TPP negotiations. Yesterday, Mexico issued…
USTR Briefing on TPP: Canada and Mexico Formally Join Negotiations Next Week; IPR Progress Slow in Leesburg
UPDATE: On Monday, Oct 8, Mexico announced that it had formally joined the TPP negotiatios, and that it will host…
Advocates Ask De Gucht to Leave Data Exclusivity Out of Trade Agreement with Moldova
Health advocates have asked the EU not to include data exclusivity requirements in the “Deeply Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement” that…
Opposing Views on the Constitutionality of Colombian Ley Lleras 2.0
[Repost from the WCL IP Brief. Original post here. CC-BY] After the U.S. approved the FTA with Colombia, this South…