IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP European Commission Publishes Synthesis of Comments Received on IPR Enforcement Directive The EC has published a 22 page synthesis of the 380 comments it received it received on the “Report on the Application of Directive 2004/48/EC on the…
The EC has published a 22 page “synthesis” of the 380 comments it received on the Report on the Application of Directive 2004/48/EC on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. Roughly half of the comments came from consumers or individuals,…
Associations representing content owners have announced an agreement with ISPs to establish a “common framework of ‘best practices’ to effectively alert subscribers, protect copyrighted content and promote access to legal online content.” A fact sheet from the newly created Center…
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe has warned against the inclusion of TRIPS-Plus provisions in the EU-India Free Trade Agreement that would jeopardize the continued manufacture and export of generic medicines. India currently produces the majority of antiretrovirals used in the…
IP-Enforcement Roundup Civil Society Groups Oppose IP Enforcement Provisions of New OECD Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making On June 29, the OECD released a Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making, a document aimed at “ensuring that the Internet remains…
The EC has produced a Proposal for a Council Decision recommending against further review of ACTA before it is passed by the European Parliament. The document opens with an explanatory memo noting that “the Commission has opted not to propose…
Members of the Senate Finance Committee offered 97 amendments to legislation meant to implement the three bilateral free trade agreements pending in Congress at a “mark mock up” (which was boycotted by Republicans). Sen. Hatch offered 26 amendments to the…
On June 29, the OECD released a Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making outlining principles meant to guide nations’ policies on the internet, aimed at “ensuring that the Internet remains open and dynamic.” The communiqué emerged out of a “High…
Google has released a new “Transparency Report” which presents country-level data on the number of takedown requests and requests for identities of users that Google received from governments between July and December of 2010. The report also contains data on…
IP Enforcement Roundup Second Standing Commission of the Mexican Congress Rejects ACTA The Second Standing Commission of the Mexican Congress has approved a resolution introduced by Sen. Francisco Javier Castellón Fonseca urging the President to not sign ACTA. Furthermore, senators…
Disagreements over intellectual property and agricultural provisions (as well as concerns over the unfolding EU debt crisis) have led to an impasse in trade negotiations between the EU and the Latin American trade bloc Mercosur. Latin American countries object to…
Vietnam hosted the seventh round of Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations from June 20-24 in Ho Chi Min City. The US Trade Representative issued a press release announcing “step-by-step progress,” and said that negotiators “reviewed new proposals that the United States…