SOPA and PROTECT-IP Sponsors Reconsider DNS Blocking Provisions
Today Rep. Lamar Smith Announced he will remove the DNS blocking provisions in the Stop Online Piracy Act. His statement:…
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.
U.S. Ambassador to Spain Used Special 301 to Pressure Spain to Pass the Sinde Law
On December 30, Spain’s new Popular Party government announced the implementation of the “Sinde Law,” which allows a government agency…
Release of EU Legal Service Opinion on ACTA
On December 19, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee voted to make the EU Legal Service Opinion on ACTA publicly…
Jan 18: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Hearing on DNS Blocking and Internet Security
Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has announced a January 18 hearing to…
January 9, 2012
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Reps. Issa and Maloney Introduce Bill Threatening Open Access Research The Research…
Public Works Act Prohibits Government Funders from Requiring Open Access to USG Grant-Funded Research
The Research Works Act (H.R.3699) introduced by Reps. Issa and Maloney would prohibit federal agencies that give grants from requiring…
Canada Seeks Comments on Its Possible Participation in the TPP Negotiations
The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is seeking comments on whether it should join the Trans Pacific…
USTR requests comments for the 2012 Special 301 Report
On December 28, USTR published a request comments in the Federal Register for the 2012 Special 301 Report, its annual…
January 2, 2012
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Spain Implements Website-Blocking ‘Sinde Law’ Spain’s newly elected Popular Party has implemented…
Spain Implements Website-Blocking ‘Sinde Law’
Spain’s newly elected Popular Party has implemented the controversial Law for Economic Sustainability (informally known as the “Sinde law” after…
Brazil Fast Tracks Follow-On Kaletra Patent; GTPI Files Pre-Grant Opposition
The Brazilian Instituto nacional da Propriedade Industrial announced it will fast track its decision on whether or not to grant…
FFII notes on the meeting of the Dec 20 European Legal Affairs Committee Meeting on ACTA
In a blog post on the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure website, Ante Wessells describes the committee’s discussion of…