Urs Gasser and Wolfgang Schulz Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2015-5 February 2015 | Full Text (SSRN) A. Summary A review of online intermediary governance frameworks and issues in Brazil, the European Union, India, South Korea, the United States, Thailand,…
Mexico’s PRI has introduced legislation, dubbed “Ley SOPITA” by some observers, that aims to “stop or prevent, in the digital environment, the commission infringements of intellectual property rights.” It would give the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property the ability to…
On Friday, I joined law professors Srividhya Ragavan of University of Oklahoma and Brook Baker of Northeastern University Brook Baker in comments to the Indian government on its recently released “Draft Intellectual Property Policy.” Our overarching comment is that the…
For further information, contact: Anand Grover: anandgrover@gmail.com Dinesh Abrol: dinesh.abrol@gmail.com Following Prime Minister Modi’s statement at the US-India Business Council yesterday that “India is ready to accept suggestions made by a joint working group with the United States on intellectual…
[Rishika for the Centre for Internet and Society, Link (CC-BY)] In the year 2006, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) conducted a study on different national approaches to copyright exception for persons with disabilities. Over 60 countries have an exception…
[Nathalie Espitia, Red Pa Todos, Link (CC-BY)] Como ya les habíamos contado, en nuestra entrada sobre el “Foro de Gobernanza de Internet” y “Un repaso sobre la Ley Lleras” hemos estado trabajando en un documento a partir de la revisión de…
[Lawyers Collective, India] As you know, transnational pharmaceutical companies and the US Government are putting pressure on the Indian Government to change India’s IP laws especially the Indian Patents Act, which will make medicines unaffordable to millions of people in…
[Electronic Information for Libraries press release, Link (CC-BY)] After five years, it was time to update the 2009 EIFL Draft Law on Copyright in the light of legislative developments, current thinking on copyright policy, and library services enabled by new…
Ahmad M. Ramli, the Law and Human Rights head of Indonesia’s Intellectual Property Rights Directorate General, recently told the Jakarta Post that the government will introduce tough new IPR enforcement measures next year. According to the story, he “said that…
[Cross posted from Fundación Karisma, Link, (CC-BY)] In Bolivia, La Paz’s City Council is discussing the “Municipal Autonomy Bill No. 100,” which seeks to create mechanisms to ensure the protection of the public performance right of musical works via strengthening…
[Treatment Action Campaign, Link, (CC-BY)] October 20th, 2014—PRETORIA: Patients, doctors and members of civil society meet today with government experts to plot a course for quickly reforming South Africa’s patent laws, so that people can access the life-saving medicines they…
Today’s leak of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement intellectual property chapter includes a controversial provision aimed at preventing every country in the world from permitting internet television services like Aereo.