Thanks to Peter Yu for sending a link to the current issue of the WIPO Journal, which is dedicated to the theme of IP and development. Many of the articles look of interest to readers of the infojustice blog. The…
Authors: Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa, Elena Simintzi Abstract: We analyze how frivolous patent-infringement claims made by “patent trolls” affect small firms’ ability to create jobs, raise capital, and survive. Our identification strategy exploits the staggered passage of anti-patent-troll laws at…
Authors: Belinda Townsend, Deborah Gleeson, and Ruth Lopert Abstract: The inclusion of elevated standards of intellectual property protection in the recently negotiated Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement has raised serious public health concerns regarding access to medicines. A lesser-known trade…
CEIPI/ICTSD Publications Series, Issue 3 The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is very pleased to announce the publication of the third issue in the CEIPI/ICTSD series on Global Perspectives and Challenges for the Intellectual Property System, produced jointly…
Stefan Wiktor, Françoise Renaud and Peter Beyer World Health Organization | October 2016 Excerpt from Executive Summary: This is the first-ever global report on treatment access to hepatitis C medicines. The report provides the information that countries and health authorities…
Author: Rebecca Giblin Abstract: Proposed copyright reforms are typically situated as being pro-user/anti-author (or vice versa). When it comes to making normative judgments about how far copyright rights ought to extend however, we need to ask more than whether a…
Authors: Joel Lexchin and Deborah Gleeson Abstract: The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a large regional trade agreement involving twelve countries. It was signed in principle in February 2016 but has not yet been ratified in any of the…
El-Said, Mohammed K. (2016). American University International Law Review: Vol. 31: Iss. 3, Article 2. Available at: Excerpt follows. Introduction: The debate surrounding the creation of a balanced patent protection regime in countries is not new. For decades, policy…
Authors: Christopher Anthony Cotropia and James Gibson Abstract: The nearly twenty-year history of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor provisions has been marked by criticism from content owners, online service providers, and end users. Content owners complain about the…
How TTIP may obstruct progress towards sustainable access to medicines [Tessel Mellema, Sophie Bloemen and Peter Maybarduk, Link, (CC-BY-NC)] The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations pose serious risks to Europeans’ access to medicines and affordable healthcare. TTIP is…
Catherine Tomlinson, Yuan Qiong Hu, Julia Hill and Claire Waterhouse Fix the Patent Laws Campaign Full Text (PDF) Executive Summary: In this report, we present nine case studies that demonstrate how systemic shortcomings in South Africa’s patent laws negatively impact…
Author: Susan Isiko Strba Abstract: This article considers both national and multilateral approaches to facilitate access to copyrighted materials for educational purposes in developing countries. It emphasizes the need for both normative re-ordering and institutional reform. In case of normative…