After an opening plenary that restated the themes of the meeting, the second day of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy broke into panels, one of which was “Financing effective enforcement – innovative approaches.” It was chaired by Trevor…
In the late afternoon at the first day of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, a Boardroom Dialogue Session was held on “IP enforcement and sustainable development – perspectives and challenges.” Johannes Christian Wichard, Deputy Director General of WIPO’s…
The afternoon at the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy included two sets of Boardroom Dialogue Discussions. In the first set, one was “Competition law and building respect for IP.” It was moderated by Josef Drexl, Director of the Max-Planck-Institut…
After the opening plenary of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, the conference split into two simultaneous Boardroom Dialogue Sessions, including one on “Determining the Impact – the Importance of Measuring the Scope and Impact of Infringement.” It was…
John Morten, Director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the US opened the afternoon plenary of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, saying that IP enforcement is a high priority for Obama administration, with the Attorney General and…
The opening of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy featured the heads of many different public and private organizations. The themes that were repeated by all speakers were 1) the need to convince the public to have a greater…
IP ENFORCMENT ROUNDUP Swiss government responds to Berne Declaration criticism of ACTA Switzerland’s Minister of Justice and Police has responded to a critique of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement sent by the Berne Declaration and Alliance Sud last November. The Swiss…
Gaëlle Krikorian and Amy Kapczynski, editors. Complete Text: Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property. Contributors: Ahmed Abdel Latif, Philippe Aigrain, Jeffrey Atteberry, Yochai Benkler, Yann Moulier Boutaing, Carlos Correa, Laura DeNardis, Sarah Deutsch, Peter Drahos, Hala Essalmawi,…
Switzerland’s Minister of Justice and Police has responded to a critique of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement sent by the Berne Declaration and Alliance Sud last year. The Swiss response discusses ACTA and medicines (noting that the agreement will not address…
Stichting Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (BREIN) announced that it and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) convinced hosting companies to take down 51 torrent sites in January. Last year, BREIN says they won the takedown of over 600…
IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP European academics circulate sign-on statement of opinion on ACTA A group of prominent European academics coordinated by Rita Matulionyte and Axel Metzger from the Leibniz University in Hanover has released an opinion on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). …
Large publishers are starting to pull out of the Health InterNetwork for Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), a system for providing free journals to low income countries established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001. Elsevier, Lippincott Williams &…