Senators Brown, Wyden, Merkley, and Menendez Call on Administration to Demonstrate Transparency by Posting “Detailed Information” and “Consistent Updates” Regarding TPP Proposals PRESS RELEASE FROM U.S. SEN. SHERROD BROWN’S OFFICE Press Contact: 202 – 224 – 3978 Monday, June 25,…
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) released a new study by Meir Pugatch, David Torstensson and Rachel Chu at its annual conference that explores the link between intellectual property and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Taking Stock: How Global Biotechnology Benefits…
The text of an investment chapter for the Trans Pacific Partnership proposed by the U.S. has been leaked and placed online by Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch. The definition of “investment” in Article 12.2 includes intellectual property rights. Article 12.12…
There are increasing reports that the IP chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is being perceived as a problem by some officials in that country. At a government briefing of media stakeholders yesterday, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs…
On May 9, over 30 legal scholars sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk calling on the administration to expand participation and transparency in the negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership. The letter specifically called for the…
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player [by Timothy Vollmer] On Monday, the World Bank hosted an event called What the World Bank’s Open Access Policy Means for Development (you can view the video recording of the event at the link or…
[Reposted from CIS-India.org] There are some welcome provisions in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012, and some worrisome provisions. Pranesh Prakash examines five positive changes, four negative ones, and notes the several missed opportunities. The larger concern, though, is that many…
The petition to the White House to require public access to the published results of taxpayer funded research has taken off – gaining more than 13,500 signatures in less than three days. In order to get a response, a petition…
Proposals for a global treaty on funding and coordination of medical research and development will be discussed this week at the 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva. The proposals grow out of the ongoing debate over the failure of the…
USTR has announced that the next round of TPP negotiations will be held in San Diego, California from July 2-10. The Stakeholder Engagement Forum for that round will take place on Monday, July 2. The release from USTR shows some notable…
Dear Mr De Gucht,
As the parliamentary committee responsible for intellectual property law, the Committee on Legal Affairs is preparing to adopt an opinion for the Committee on International Trade whose task it is to recommend to the Plenary whether or not to consent to the conclusion of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Korea, the United States of America, Japan, the Kingdom of Morocco, the United Mexican States, New Zealand, the Republic of Singapore and the Swiss Confederation (ACTA).
As you know, on 22 February 2012 the Commission announced that the College of Commissioners had decided to refer a question to the Court of Justice on the compatibility of ACTA with the Treaties and with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. After this, nothing more was forthcoming until 4 April 2012 when the College agreed on the wording of the question. To date, as far as we know, no question has been referred. The Commission has not informed the Parliament of the reasons for such delay or when we can expect the question to be transmitted to the Court.
Yesterday I gave a presentation on IPRs, technology and growth at the Dallas round of TPP negotiations. The following blog is based on my presentation. The slides I used are here. Policymakers and US industry groups have been arguing that…