Prof. Raquel Xalabarder Chair of Intellectual Property Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Click here for the full paper (PDF) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In February 2014, the Spanish Government proposed a bill to amend the Spanish Intellectual Property Law (TRLPI).[1] Among other amendments,…
[September 23, 2014] We, the undersigned organisations and individuals, understand that ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the United States, the government has decided to review India’s positions on intellectual property rights (IPRs). We are concerned about…
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. Abstract: This article discusses South Africa’s draft Intellectual Property Policy proposed reforms. It considers how these may be practically implemented. In particular, it focuses on the phased sector specific introduction of substantive patent…
Professor Henry Ergas and Professor Allan Fels A Submission to the Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper Click here for the full submission Authors’ summary of Key Points: The changes proposed in the government’s recent discussion paper on “Online Copyright Infringement”…
As Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiators began this week’s round of talks in Hanoi, the International Chamber of Commerce issued a white paper urging the inclusion of strong trade secret provisions in the agreement. “Trade Secrets: Tools for Innovation and…
[Reposted from michaelgeist.ca, Link (CC-BY)] Last year, the federal government trumpeted anti-counterfeiting legislation as a key priority. The bill raced through the legislative process in the winter and following some minor modifications after committee hearings, seemed set to pass through…
Sharon Sandeen at Hamline Law and I have authored a letter dated August 26, 2014 and signed by 31 United States legal academics to the Congressional sponsors of the “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2014” (“DTSA”) and the “Trade Secrets…
Download full text of the public draft (1222 pages). [U.S. Copyright Office Press Release, Link] Register of Copyrights Maria A. Pallante today released a public draft of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition (the “Third Edition”). The…
Last week, the Government of Karnataka amended the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Gamblers Act, 1985 (“the Karnataka Goondas Act”). The Karnataka Goondas Act would now also apply to offences…
[This post was updated on August 4, in response to the President’s signature of the cell phone unlocking bill.] On July 25, 2014, the House of Representatives passed the version of cell phone unlocking legislation adopted ten days earlier by…
I would like to draw your attention to a copyright case in Colombia in which biology student Diego Gomez is facing criminal charges after sharing a Master Thesis written by another Colombian biologist (without asking for permission) in 2011 on the…
[Krista Cox, Association of Research Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] The written testimony of four of the five witnesses speaking at the July 15, 2014 House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty and Copyright Term, address the issue…