August 8, 2011
IP Enforcement Roundup British Government Announces “Sweeping Reforms” of IP Law The UK plans to modernize intellectual property law by…
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.
Over 200,000 John Does Sued for File Sharing in the U.S. Since the Start of 2010
Copyright owners have greatly increased the number of lawsuits for filesharing in the U.S., and have sued 201,828 John Does…
European Parliament Committee on International Trade Seeks Legal Guidance on ACTA
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) has posted a letter sent July 18 by the European Parliament Committee…
Ten Representatives Ask USTR for Meeting on IP Provisions in the TPP that Threaten Access to Medicines
In a letter to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, ten members of Congress have asked for a meeting to discuss…
Aaron Swartz Charged with Wire Fraud for Downloading 4.8 Million Articles from JSTOR
Aaron Swartz, the founder of the nonprofit Demand Progress and a fellow at Harvard University’s Safra Centre for Ethics, was…
British Government Announces “Sweeping Reforms” of IP Law
The UK plans to modernize intellectual property law by implementing the recommendations in the May 2010 Hargreaves report. It announcement…
UK Business SecretaryAnnounces “Sweeping Intellectual Property Reforms”
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to announce legislation to change British copyright law tomorrow. Press reports in the…
August 1, 2011
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP India and EU Announce Agreement on Dispute Over Seizures of Drugs in Transit India’s Ministry of Commerce…
Three Governors, Three Trade Associations, and Five Theater Chains Urge Senators to Support the PROTECT-IP Act
The Motion Picture Association of America has announced eleven different letters in support of the Preventing Real Online Threats to…
Mexican Senators Ask President to Reject ACTA
The Mexican Senate has asked President Calderon to reject ACTA. A statement by a group of Senators led by Eloy…
India and EU Announce Agreement on Dispute Over Seizures of Drugs in Transit
India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced an agreement with the EU to setting their dispute over the seizure…
40 Members of Congress Ask Obama to Include 12 Year Period of Data Exclusivity for Biologics in the TPP
Forty Members of the House of Representatives have written President Obama urging that the intellectual property chapter of the Trans…