House Democrats: Keep “May 10” Trade Policy Consensus on IP, Labor and Environmental Issues in the TPP
On July 26, fourteen Democratic Members of the House Committee on Ways and Means have written President Obama asking that…
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.
July 25, 2011
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP European Parliament DG for External Policies Policy Department Report Recommends Against “Unconditional Consent” for ACTA The EU…
22 Representatives: Use IP Language in Korea FTA as Baseline for TPP Negotiations
A July 13 letter from 22 Members of Congress to President Obama asks the administration to seek high standards for…
Australian Ambassador: Tobacco Packaging Legislation Does Not Violate TRIPS
Australian Ambassador Kim Beasley has vowed that Australia will not change the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act, which prohibits cigarette packs…
Analysis of Leaked US Proposal for the TPP by U. Queensland’s Kimberlee Weatherall
Kimberlee Weatherall from University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law has written a detailed analysis of the copyright and…
EU Study Warns that “Unconditional Approval” of ACTA Would Be “Inappropriate”
The EU Directorate General for External Policies has issued a report on ACTA in advance of this fall’s debate over…
July 18, 2011
IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP EC Releases 2010 Customs Seizure Statistics The EU has published its annual “Report on EU Customs Enforcement of…
EC Releases “Report on EU Customs Enforcment of Intellectual Property Rights”
Last year, EC customs border seized 79,112 shipments with a total retail value of €1.1 billion. The number of cases…
Gilead Licenses Antiretroviral Patents to the Medicines Patent Pool
Gilead has become the first pharmaceutical company to license patents it holds on antiretroviral medicines to the Medicines Patent Pool,…
China Announces End IPR Enforcement Operation, Promises to Continue Antipiracy Efforts
China’s Vice Minister of Commerce Jiang Zengwei announced at a press conference that the nine-month “Special Operation Against IPR Infringement…
July 11, 2011
IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP European Commission Publishes Synthesis of Comments Received on IPR Enforcement Directive The EC has published a 22 page…
EC Publishes Summary of Comments Received on IPR Enforcement Directive
The EC has published a 22 page “synthesis” of the 380 comments it received on the Report on the Application…