Seven governors have written President Obama asking him to include in the Trans Pacific Partnership “very strong intellectual property rights provisions, consistent with U.S. law, for protecting the investments of our innovative, intellectual property-investive sectors, such as biopharmaceuticals.” The letter…
IP Enforcement Roundup PROTECT IP Act Clears Senate Judiciary Committee – Sen. Wyden Places a Hold on Bill The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (S.968) unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on…
IP Enforcement Roundup UK Government-Commissioned Report Finds IP Framework a Barrier to Innovative Industries, Recommends Changes A “Review of Intellectual Property and Growth” by Cardiff University Professor Ian Hargreaves, commissioned by UK Prime Minster Cameron in 2010, finds that “copyright…
On May 24, 2011, the European Commission unveiled a new initiative to modernize intellectual property protection. Noting that “in the last few years, technological change and, in particular, the growing importance of online activities, have completely changed the world in…
Steve Crocker, David Dagon, Dan Kaminsky, Danny McPherson, and Paul Vixie have authored a white paper warning that the DNS filtering requirements of the PROTECT IP Act would be ineffective in reducing piracy, but would harm the security of the…
The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (S.968) unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 26. The legislation would allow the Justice Department to obtain court orders to go after sites “dedicated…
McKinnsey Global Institute has published “Internet matters: The Net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs, and prosperity.” Among the report’s estimates: Internet activity represents 3.8% of total GDP in a sample of 13 countries that together represent 70% of world economic…
DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized more domain names of websites offering unauthorized access to copyrighted material in the fourth round Operation In Our Sites. TorrentFreak has been tracking the takedowns, and it reports that “Among the new…
Eight civil society groups have released a platform on the intellectual property and health content of the Trans Pacific Partnership. The platform calls ex-officio border measures “inappropriate,” rejects a “one size fits all” regime for patent validity, and warns against…
A “Review of Intellectual Property and Growth” by Cardiff University Professor Ian Hargreaves, commissioned by UK Prime Minster Cameron in November 2010, finds that “copyright law has started to act as a regulatory barrier to the creation of certain kinds…
A group of 28 Senators has written President Obama urging his administration to include “the highest level of IP protections” in the Trans Pacific Partnership. The Senators ask the administration to base the provisions on the IP chapter of the…
California State Senator Alex Padilla has introduced legislation that would authorize law enforcement to search optical disk plants “without providing prior notice or obtaining a warrant.” The police may seize disks and any manufacturing equipment used to make illegal disks…