Highlights from USTR’s Civil Society Briefing on the State of the TPP Negotiations
On Tuesday, July 25, Chief TPP negotiator Barbara Weisel briefed civil society on the state of the negotiations. The briefing…
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.
Sen. Wyden Letter to State Department: Pro IP Act Doesn’t Allow ACTA Implementation Without Congressional Ratification
Senator Wyden has again written the Obama Administration insisting that ACTA cannot be implemented in the United States absent Congressional…
Progress on WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired Stalls at SCCR
Negotiations over a treaty on limitations and exceptions to copyright for the visually impaired are concluding at the WIPO Standing…
July 23, 2012
Infojustice Roundup WIPO 24th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Debates The 24th Standing Committee on Copyright and…
USTR Seeks Comments, Will Hold Hearings on the Entrance of Canada and Mexico Into the TPP
The U.S. Trade Representative has announced that it is seeking public comments in written form “on all elements related to…
USTR Blog on IPR and Access to Medicine in the TPP Does Not Address the Provisions that Block Generic Competition
In advance of the XIX International AIDS Conference, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk wrote a blog about the Trans Pacific…
BNA reports two stories on collecting societies in Europe
In Germany, nightclubs will face higher royalty payments when a new policy by the collecting society Gesellschaft für Musikalische Aufführung…
Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Act of 2012 Introduced, Aims to Protect Flexible IP Policies that Promote Access to Medicines
Last night, Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced the Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Act of 2012 (HR 6138). One section of the…
Mexican Legislature Passes Two Resolutions Opposing the Executive’s Signing of ACTA
The Mexican Senate and House of Representatives have passed resolutions calling for the President to reverse the signing of ACTA.…
Thai Civil Society Groups Oppose Patent Application for HIV/AIDS Treatment
A coalition of Thai civil society groups has written a letter opposing Gilead’s patents for the fixed-dose combination of AVR…
European Commission Announces Open Access Policy for Publicly Funded Research
The European Commission has announced a new policy that will require open access to articles funded through its “Horizon 2020”…
UK to Provide Open Access to Government-Funded Research
The British government has announced that it will make government-funded research freely available beginning next year. The Research Council’s UK…