Sen. Klobuchar has introduced legislation that would make illegal streaming of copyrighted materials a felony. This was one of the legislative recommendations made in the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator’s report to Congress in February. The legislation has not yet been…
IP Enforcement Roundup USTR Releases Special 301 Report On Monday May 2, USTR published the 2011 Special 301 Report, available here. After examining 77 countries, it included 12 on the Priority Watch List, 28 on the Watch list, and under…
VPR International, a Canadian content producer, has filed a complaint against 1,017 Doe defendants for distributing its copyrighted material online. The Doe defendants are identified only by their IP addresses, so VPR sought an order from the court allowing it…
A group of musicians led by Alki David, founder of the streaming service FilmOn.com, has sued CNET and its parent company, CBS Interactive, for distributing LimeWire and other peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing systems. The lawsuit, filed May 3, claims that…
On Monday Amy 2, USTR published the 2011 Special 301 Report, available here. After examining 77 countries, it included 12 on the Priority Watch List, 28 on the Watch list, and under “Section 306 monitoring.” Most of the countries in…
IP Enforcement Roundup USTR to Release Special 301 Report Today USTR has scheduled the release of the 2011 Special 301 Report for today. All of the comment received by USTR in this year’s Special 301 Report, including both written comments…
Inside U.S. Trade reports that USTR intends to table a full intellectual property chapter for the TPP by mid June, and that the pharmaceutical industry has been lobbying to reverse the policy deal struck by the Bush Administration and Congressional…
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade has released a working paper that responds to a February “Opinion of European Academics on the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.” The Opinion signed by 182 academics, argues that ACTA conflicts with both EU law…
New legislation introduced by New York City Council Member Margaret Chin would criminalize the purchase of counterfeit goods at the consumer level. According to her press release, “The bill … will make it a Class A misdemeanor to purchase goods…
IP Enforcement Roundup Consumers International IP Watchlist 2011 Consumers International has published its annual IP Watchlist, which “assesses the fairness of the world’s intellectual property laws and enforcement practices from an important yet under-represented perspective: that of an ordinary consumer.” …
Consumers International has published its third annual IP Watchlist, which “assesses the fairness of the world’s intellectual property laws and enforcement practices from an important yet under-represented perspective: that of an ordinary consumer.” The best-rated countries are Moldova, the U.S.,…
On April 20, the Brazilian Ministry of Culture announced it is seeking comments on its draft legislation that would reform the copyright bill, which will be accepted until May 20. Its notice requesting comments on the legislation suggests that comments…