Over 5,000 people have used the Access speakout platform to send messages to their legislators voicing concern over a controversial computer crimes bill that has been introduced in Peru. The legislation’s critics warn that the legislation would criminalize user actions…
The attached table compares current Brazilian law to four proposals for copyright reform. The WIPO translation was used for the current law (column 1). Except in a couple of passages, the text of the WIPO translation was transposed to that…
In a recent interviewwith Le Nouvel Observateur, French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti said that she will reduce funding HADOPI – the French agency that enforces online copyright through a graduated response: “Within the context of budget cutting, I’ll request operational…
Last night, Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced the Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Act of 2012 (HR 6138). One section of the bill aims at protecting the use of flexible intellectual property policies allowing access to medicines in low and middle income…
PIJIP Research Paper no. 2012-09 Author: Hong Xue Abstract: On July 6, 2012, the National Copyright Administration of China released the 2nd Draft of the 3rd Revision of the copyright law, in which 81 provisions were changed from the 1st…
The European Parliament has announced an “informal deal” that it says will allow greater access to orphan works. According to the announcement “According to the agreed text, a work would be deemed to be orphan if, after a ‘diligent’ search…
China has revised its legal framework to promote compulsory licenses for patented medicines to meet public health needs. The government is considering issuing a compulsory license for tenofovir, a medicine recommended for first line treatment of HIV/AIDS, which is sold…
Sens. Jorge Enrique and Camilo Robeldo have filed two lawsuits against Law 201, the copyright legislation introduced and passed over a three week period last Spring. Law 201 (known popularly as Ley Lleras 2) changes copyright law in Colombia in…
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…
This overview of copyright flexibilities in Israel consists of two parts. First, answers to a questionnaire on the state of copyright law, copyright flexibilities, and the current political context of copyright, which were provided by Michael Birnhack and Niva Elkin-Koren.…
On May 15, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on S. 1138, the Prize Fund for HIV/AIDS Act. The bill, introduced a year ago by Sen. Sanders, would provide direct support to innovators while…
Chinese Copyright Law, in its 21-year history, has only been revised twice, in 2001 and 2010 respectively. From its initial enactment to two revisions, foreign trade had always been an important consideration. In 1980s, several rounds of Sino-US intellectual property…