Canadian Universities Clash with Access Copyright Over Licensing Fees
The Canadian copyright clearinghouse Access Copyright, which allows universities to reprint and upload copyrighted course materials for students in exchange…
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.
Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20016…
U.S. Presses Chile to Strengthen Data Exclusivity and Patent Linkage for Pharmaceuticals
Inside U.S. Trade reports that the US government urged Chile “to strengthen the system by which patent owners can challenge…
PRESS BRIEFINGS – Release of EU Greens Draft Analysis of ACTA – Analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
WEBCAST August 25, 2011 10:00 Release of EU Greens Draft Analysis of ACTA 11:00 Analysis of the Trans…
August 22, 2011
IP Enforcement Roundup Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest to Open August 25 The Global Congress on…
Seven Members of Congress: No 12 Year Periods of Data Exclusivity in the TPP
Earlier this month, seven members of Congress wrote President Obama to “strongly recommend that the United States refrain from negotiating…
Court Rules Against Parallel Trade of Textbooks Manufactured Outside of the U.S.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that “the first sale doctrine, which allows a person who buys…
Rep. Smith Promises to Introduce a House Version of the PROTECT-IP Act in September, CBO Scores the Senate Version
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith has promised to introduce a house version of the PROTECT-IP Bill in September. (The…
August 15, 2011
IP Enforcement Roundup USTR Staff Meets with Civil Society on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines On August 10, USTR…
Notes on Civil Society Meeting with USTR on the Trans Pacific Partnership
On August 10, USTR staff met civil society actors to discuss the intellectual property and pharmaceutical provisions in the Trans…
Judge Denies Motion to Release Sports Sites Taken Down Operation In Our Sites
A federal judge has denied the Spanish company Peurto 80’s motion to release the domains rojadirectica.com and rojadirectica.org, seized by…
U.S. Seeks Comments on Strategy to Eliminate Counterfeits in the Government Supply Chain
An interagency Working Group headed by the Office IP Enforcement Coordinator and including staff from the Office of Management and…