[Maryant Fernández Pérez, EDRi, Link (CC-BY)] On 30 July 2015, copyright and related rights-holders associations, the General Inspection of Cultural Activities (IGAC), the Portuguese Consumer Directorate-General, the Portuguese Association of Telecom Operators, the organisation responsible for .pt domain registrations DNS.PT,…
[K. William Watson, Cato Institute, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments today in a case about dental retainers that could threaten the free flow of information over the Internet. The question is whether…
[Marcus Low, Borrie LaGrange, Umunyana Rugege, Link (CC-BY-SA)] A submission to the United States Government shows South Africa is facing pressure from the pharmaceutical industry to backtrack on intellectual property (IP) law reform that aims to improve access to medicines…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | CONTACT: Nicole L’Esperance (Blumenauer), 202-225-4811 Aaron Hunter (Davis), 202-225-1686 Patrick Malone (Himes), 202- 225-5541 Washington, DC – As Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiators meet in Hawaii, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Susan Davis (CA-53), Jim Himes (CT-04), and…
See also, Public Knowledge press release and this letter in PDF (CC-BY-SA) Dear Ambassador Froman: All consumers are users of intellectual property. The average American interacts with hundreds, if not thousands, of IP-protected products and goods each day. The Trans-Pacific…
[Médecins Sans Frontières press release, Link] At the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference today, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned that middle-income countries (MICs), which will be home to 70% of people living with…
[Priscila Gonsales, Digital Rights LAC, Link, (CC-BY-SA)] After the industrial revolution, the information was primarily physical, printed: books, records, CDs, textbooks, encyclopedias, among other instruments. With the advent of internet, the information no longer requires materiality: it can be spread,…
[Camden for Torrent Freak, Link (CC-BY-NC)] Earlier this month several music industry organizations in the UK won a judicial review which renders the Government’s decision to allow copying for personal use unlawful. Following this unexpected decision are UK citizens now…
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] EIFL is delighted that Mongolia is in line to become the ninth country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. On 9 July 2015, the…
Matt Kavanagh, Health GAP Call for Participation & Call for Papers Access to Medicines Track Global Congress on Intellectual Property & the Public Interest 15 – 18 December 2015 New Delhi, India The fourth annual Global Congress will be held…
[Patralekha Chatterjee for IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), part of US President Barack Obama’s promised pivot to Asia, has stirred up a hornet’s nest on the ethics of trying to hammer out a trade deal in secrecy.…
[Greens-European Free Allaince press release, Link] The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs committee today voted by a broad majority on a report reviewing the EU’s current copyright framework. The report is authored by Pirate Party MEP and vice-president of the Greens/EFA…