Intellectual Property Law and the Promotion of Welfare
Authors: Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur Abstract: The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power “to Promote the Progress of…
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.
Candidates for Director-General of the World Health Organization Outline Their Plans for Tackling Unaffordable Medicines and the Lack of Innovation in Priority Areas
[Joint press release from six civil society groups, Link] The six candidates for Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)…
USTR Requests Comments for the 2017 Special 301 Report
The U.S. Trade Representative has requested comments for the 2017 Special 301 Report, in which it lists countries that it…
Australian Government Productivity Commission Recommends the Introduction of Fair Use in Copyright Law
The Australian Government Productivity Commission has released its final report on ‘Intellectual Property Arrangements,’ which recommends a number of reforms…
Antigua & Barbuda: “Suspension of Copyright” on U.S. Intellectual Property If WTO Dispute Remains Unsettled by Year’s End
Last week, the government of Antigua and Barbuda announced to the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) that it will move…
APEC Ministers Endorse Best Practices in Trade Secret Protection and Enforcement Against Misappropriation
Much of the news covering last week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference discussed the TPP, RCEP and FTAAP, but there…
Calzada and Gils Use Evidence from Spain’s 2014 “Google Tax” to Examine the Economic Role of News Aggregators
Yesterday, the American University economics department hosted a presentation by Joan Calzada of his working paper with Richard Gil, What…
Open Access Policy In Practice: A Perspective from the Wellcome Trust
Timothy Vollmer, Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY) It’s Open Access Week 2016. Open Access Week is an annual week-long event that…
Indian Generic Firms Capturing Larger Share of U.S. Drug Imports
India is often called the “pharmacy of the developing world” because its pharmaceutical firms provide a large portion of the…
U.S. Copyright Office Request for Comments for Section 1201 Study
The U.S. Copyright Office is requesting comments on Section 1201 of Title 17, which governs the circumvention of copyright protection…
Software Industry Claims Chinese Patent Law TRIPS Non-Compliant Due to Public Interest Grounds for Compulsory Licenses
Last week, the USTR-led inter-agency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) held a hearing on China’s compliance with WTO obligations, to…
Cato Institute on the “Protectionist” Intellectual Property Provisions in the Trans Pacific Partnership
The Cato Institute has released a report that “presents a chapter-by-chapter analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) from a…