Mike Masnik has a good blog about a court ruling in Australia in which the court agreed with ISPs that it makes no sense for them to make legal determinations instead of courts:
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP USTR Receives Comments on ACTA: Thirty Professors Warn that It Requires Congressional Approval Civil society groups, firms, trade associations, and individuals filed 152 submissions on ACTA with the US Trade Representative last week. A joint submission by…
An international open letter to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in support of the work of the Brazilian society and government for the cultural commons is now online: It has been signed by international organizations, academics and activists. The letter…
Click here for selected comments to USTR on ACTA from Civil Society Groups Cick here for the complete docket of comments (ustr-2010-0014) on regulations.gov Comment by Thirty Law Professors: SUMMARY: We write to call on the Obama administration to comply…
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Releases Annual Report On February 8, the IP Czar released the IPEC Annual Report to the President and Congress. The report describes efforts to increase criminal enforcement, to promote increased IP enforcement…
IP owners, government enforcement agencies, and WIPO met in Paris last week for the Sixth Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. Three themes that were repeated throughout the meeting were 1) the need to convince the public to have a…
IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy meets in Paris IP owners, government enforcement agencies, and WIPO representatives met in Paris last week for the Sixth Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. Three themes that were repeated throughout the…
U.S. cables released by wikileaks show that the agreement was developed with the intention of establishing new norms against which to measure the efforts of middle income countries not involved in the negotiations. They show that Europeans were agitated by…
The last panel of the day at the Global Conference Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy was titled “The power of education and awareness in building respect for IP.” It was moderated by John Tarpey, Director of WIPO’s Communications Division. He said…
After the opening plenary of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, the conference split into two simultaneous Boardroom Dialogue Sessions, including one on “Determining the Impact – the Importance of Measuring the Scope and Impact of Infringement.” It was…
IP ENFORCMENT ROUNDUP Swiss government responds to Berne Declaration criticism of ACTA Switzerland’s Minister of Justice and Police has responded to a critique of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement sent by the Berne Declaration and Alliance Sud last November. The Swiss…
Gaëlle Krikorian and Amy Kapczynski, editors. Complete Text: Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property. Contributors: Ahmed Abdel Latif, Philippe Aigrain, Jeffrey Atteberry, Yochai Benkler, Yann Moulier Boutaing, Carlos Correa, Laura DeNardis, Sarah Deutsch, Peter Drahos, Hala Essalmawi,…