Content Owners and ISPs Announce System of “Copyright Alerts” and “Mitigation Measures”
Associations representing content owners have announced an agreement with ISPs to establish a “common framework of ‘best practices’ to effectively…
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.
Head of UNAIDS Warns Against Overly TRIPS-Plus IP Provisions in the India-EU Free Trade Agreement
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe has warned against the inclusion of TRIPS-Plus provisions in the EU-India Free Trade Agreement that…
July 5, 2011
IP-Enforcement Roundup Civil Society Groups Oppose IP Enforcement Provisions of New OECD Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making On June…
EC Recommends that the European Parliament Pass ACTA Without Further Review
The EC has produced a Proposal for a Council Decision recommending against further review of ACTA before it is passed…
In Mock Markup, Sen. Hatch Offers IP-Related Riders to the Korea-FTA Implementation Legislation
Members of the Senate Finance Committee offered 97 amendments to legislation meant to implement the three bilateral free trade agreements…
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 outlining principles meant to guide nations’ policies…
Google Releases Transparency Report
Google has released a new “Transparency Report” which presents country-level data on the number of takedown requests and requests for…
June 27, 2011
IP Enforcement Roundup Second Standing Commission of the Mexican Congress Rejects ACTA The Second Standing Commission of the Mexican Congress…
IP and Agriculture Concerns Deadlock Trade Talks Between the EU and Mercosur
Disagreements over intellectual property and agricultural provisions (as well as concerns over the unfolding EU debt crisis) have led to…
TPP Negotiators Report Progress in Seventh Round, Civil Society Groups and US Generic Firms Issue Statements on IP
Vietnam hosted the seventh round of Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations from June 20-24 in Ho Chi Min City. The US…
PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Breaks UN AIDS Summit Commitment on Access to Treatment
AIDS Groups outraged as US declares war on generic AIDS medicines through Free Trade Agreement Negotiations with Vietnam and Malaysia…
June 13, 2011
IP-Enforcement Roundup US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel’s Comments at the World Copyright Summit Last week, IP Enforcement Coordinator…