May 23, 2011
IP Enforcement Roundup UK Government-Commissioned Report Finds IP Framework a Barrier to Innovative Industries, Recommends Changes A “Review of Intellectual…
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.
European Commission Releases “Blueprint” for New IPR Policies
On May 24, 2011, the European Commission unveiled a new initiative to modernize intellectual property protection. Noting that “in the…
White Paper Warns Against DNS Filtering Requirements in PROTECT IP Act
Steve Crocker, David Dagon, Dan Kaminsky, Danny McPherson, and Paul Vixie have authored a white paper warning that the DNS…
PROTECT IP Act Clears Sen. 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…
New Report Measures Role of the Internet in the Global Economy
McKinnsey Global Institute has published “Internet matters: The Net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs, and prosperity.” Among the report’s estimates: …
TorrentFreak: U.S. Government Starts New Round of ‘Pirate’ Domain Seizures.
DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized more domain names of websites offering unauthorized access to copyrighted material in…
Civil Society Platform on IP in the Trans Pacific Partnership
Eight civil society groups have released a platform on the intellectual property and health content of the Trans Pacific Partnership. …
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…
28 Senators Write Obama Urging Strong IP Chapter in Trans Pacific Partnership
A group of 28 Senators has written President Obama urging his administration to include “the highest level of IP protections”…
California Legislation to Allow Search and Seizure in Optical Disk Plants without Warrant
California State Senator Alex Padilla has introduced legislation that would authorize law enforcement to search optical disk plants “without providing…
May 16, 2011
IP Enforcement Roundup Senator Leahy Introduces the PROTECT-IP Act Sen. Leahy introduced the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity…
World Health Assembly to Debate the World Health Organization’s Role in Combating “Substandard/Spurious/Falsely-Labeled/Falsified/Counterfeit Medical Products”
The World Health Assembly opens today, bringing together all of the WHO member countries for their annual meeting. The agenda…