Last week the U.S. tabled additional text on intellectual property at the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiating round in Chicago. The text is confidential, but trade officials told reporters that it includes TRIPS-Plus measures affecting access to medicines such as”stronger patent…
In a speech to the Royal Television Society, UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has suggested that the British government may “look at legislative solutions” to crack down on infringing content online. His specific suggestions: “A cross-industry body, perhaps modeled on…
IP-Enforcement Roundup – September 12, 2011 Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Intellectual property and information policy experts from around the world have released the Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. Citing an “unprecedented…
The statement of the administration today continues its practice of actively thwarting the release of meaningful information about its positions in closed door international law making. The statement says little about what the administration’s actual trade policy on medicines issues…
On September 6, a Division Branch of the Supreme Court of India was going to hear Novartis’ challenge to the Appellate Decision that prevented it from patenting imatinib messylate, but Judge Dalveer Bhandari recused himself and sent the matter to…
Karel De Gucht, EU Commissioner for Trade, gave a speech on September 7 at the “Conference on Intellectual Property Captured – Which Course to Take against Counterfeiters?” The speech stressed the actions the EU is taking to strengthen IP and…
Public Citizen Conference Call Briefing on Trade Negotiations Underway in the United States Contact: Arthur Stamoulis arthur@citizenstrade.org WHAT: Fair trade advocates from the United States, New Zealand and Australia will provide a press briefing via conference call on key…
IP-Enforcement Roundup – September 5, 2011 TPP Negotiators to Meet in Chicago for Negotiating Round: Reports Show the Conflict Between IP Provisions and Local Laws in the U.S. and Australia The next negotiating round of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement…
Nominet, the British domain name register for .uk domain names, has requested comments on proposed rules concerning “Domain names used in connection with criminal activity.” The rules would include “an expedited process to suspend domain names.”
The next negotiating round of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement will be held in Chicago from September 6-15. Negotiators hope to make progress on outstanding issues including intellectual property protection, which has been an area in which negotiators have had…
This week, the Indian government’s Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Parliament) will debate the Copyright Amendments Act. The Centre for Internet and Society has raised a number of concerns – including the removal of parallel import provisions that would…
IP Enforcement Roundup Progressive IP Experts From Around the World Meet in a Global Congress, Prepare a Declaration to Establish Priorities for Promoting the Public Interest in IP Law and Policy Seeking to ensure that public policy initiatives concerning intellectual…