[Repost of a blog on whitehouse.gov by Rick Weiss.] In November, OSTP issued two Requests for Information (RFI), one on open access to scientific publications and the other on the management of digital data. Yesterday, responding to numerous requests, we…
Repost of an IP-Enforcement Message from Geraldine Juarez: Senador Federico Doring has introduced a bill that empowers Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) to send notifications to users based on allegations of infringement from rights holders. Unlike HADOPI, there…
The following are notes taken by Steven Knievel from Public Citizen, who attended the hearing. The full hearing can be viewed at TPFTA Hearing, House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade Panel 1, Dec. 14, 2011 Witness:…
Margot Kaminski and Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid November 14, 2011 Abstract: This Working Paper addresses the proposed WIPO International Instrument on Limitations and Exceptions for Persons with Print Disabilities. We conclude that if WIPO wants to achieve compliance, this proposed instrument should…
By Margot Kaminski, originally posted on Intellectual Property Watch. The role of online intermediaries in copyright enforcement is on the international negotiating table. The topic arose in early drafts of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and has come up again…
by Matthew C. Porterfield & Christopher R. Byrnes Originally published on July 12, 2011 in the Investment Treaty News, a newsletter of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Matthew C. Porterfield is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the…
Monday, July 11 The Economic Contribution of Fair Use to the U.S. Economy: 2011 Cannon Building Caucus Room 12:30pm – 2:00pm Just how valuable is balanced copyright to the economy? How much technology innovation relies on IP flexibility? CCIA breaks…
The following blog was written by Geraldine Jaurez, and posted to TechDirt: Last Tuesday, the Second Standing Commission of the Mexican Congress unanimously approved a resolution promoted by Senator Francisco Castellon P(artido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) exhorting the Executive…
Objective of the consultation The European Commission is launching a public hearing on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in third countries.The results of this public hearing will be taken into account by the Directorate General for…
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…