SAVE THE DATE: August 25-27, 2011 American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC, 20016 Please mark your calendars and plan to participate in one of the most important meetings on international intellectual property law of…
On July 11, 2011, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) presented the results of a study (prepared by Capital Trade, Inc.) on the value of fair use in the U.S. economy. The study—which was conducted using a methodology developed…
Monday, July 11 The Economic Contribution of Fair Use to the U.S. Economy: 2011 Cannon Building Caucus Room 12:30pm – 2:00pm Just how valuable is balanced copyright to the economy? How much technology innovation relies on IP flexibility? CCIA breaks…
By ICTSD The past decade has been a turbulent one for the global intellectual property system in general and for the international copyright regime in particular. On the one hand, there is a trend pressing for greater access to knowledge…
Objective of the consultation The European Commission is launching a public hearing on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in third countries.The results of this public hearing will be taken into account by the Directorate General for…
Yesterday the Broadband Breakfast Club hosted a panel discussion titled “The Costs of Global Intellectual Property Piracy: How Can the Phenomenon Be Empirically Quanitified?” The event featured speakers who have conducted studies for GAO and the IIPI, two representatives from…
Yesterday PIJIP hosted a a debate between two leading industry advocates with divergent visions of U.S. trade policy on intellectual property and technology matters. The panelists were Matt Schruers, Vice President for Law & Policy, Computer & Communications Industry Association…
Today at New York University I will be participating in the official launch of the multi-year multi-country study of Media Piracy in Emerging Economies (), edited by Joe Karaganis at SSRC. Mike Palmedo and I contributed to the report, in…
On Wednesday, the interagency committee headed by USTR that writes the Special 301 Report will hold a public hearing for stakeholders to provide input. The list of speakers includes four country representatives, four right holder groups/firms, ten civil society groups,…
On February 16, 2011 at 10am the full Senate Judiciary will hold a hearing on efforts to shut down websites where IP-infringing content is hosted. The witnesses will include representatives from Rosetta Stone, the Authors Guild, GoDaddy!, Verizon, and Visa. …
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…
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE PRESS RELEASE: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on the status of President Barack Obama’s trade policy agenda. The hearing…