Today, Google’s Vice President and General Counsel Kent Walker testified at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet. The hearing was the second in a series of hearings being held before the introduction of legislation similar…
The CopySouth Research Group, a global of academics formed in 2004 to discuss the impact of copyrights on the global South, has released a series of nine papers prepared for its workshop last June. Says the CSRG: “We turn first…
Michael Blakeney April 1, 2011 Original: The annual $US 60 billion trade in counterfeit and pirate products was the principal catalyst of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and its IP rights enforcement regime. However, 10…
BNA reports that “An online service that permits users to upload, store, and share images has no duty to ensure those files are noninfringing, even if it has received Digital Millennium Copyright Act-compliant notices requesting the removal of a plaintiff’s…
Michael Geist March 21, 2011 The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has released its report on CETA and ACTA. The report, which is based on hearings that featured Minister Peter van Loan, includes a notable recommendation with respect to ACTA…
Claims that anti-counterfeiting agreement goes beyond EU law. By Simon Taylor 17.03.2011 / 05:08 CET Original: MEPs opposed to a new global anti-counterfeiting agreement will try next week to refer the pact to the European Court of Justice (ECJ),…
Original Post: March 16, 2011 By Ante Pedro Velasco Martins, EU ACTA negotiator, today answered FFII’s 30 December 2010 questions on the initialling of ACTA. ACTA was initialed on 25 November 2010, through an electronic procedure. The Commission chief-negotiator…
Repost from: Ian Grant March 14, 2011 The US is continuing its secret efforts to secure tougher copyright laws, even though its Hollywood-sponsored anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (Acta) has still to be validated, a leaked document has revealed. A 10…
PEOPLE’S DAILY, March 14, 2011: China will strengthen its protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs), in a bid to improve the nation’s capacity for innovation, said senior figures from six ministries and administrations. Officials from the six bodies, which include…
Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia The Future of Copyright I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in this Conference. I commend the Faculty of Law of the Queensland University…
Today, Chilean civil society group Derechos Digitales has released the following statement: During this week was held in Santiago, Chile the V Round of Negotiations for the extension of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement of Free Trade (known as TPP),…
39 civil society groups asked all negotiating countries to “establish TRIPS as the maximum standard of substantive protection required by the TPP and preexisting trade agreements in the region; and assist the effective implementation of TRIPS flexibilities.” Letter to FTA…