[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] The 28th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) – the main body that shapes international copyright law – failed to reach agreement on the conclusions of its session for…
[WIPO Press Release, Link] India has become the first nation to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. So far, more than 75 WIPO member states have…
The Pediatric HIV Treatment Initiative was launched today at an event on Capitol Hill. The initiative plans to foster the development, manufacture, and distribution of pediatric formulations of antiretroviral therapies for the treatment of HIV It will draw on the…
Key data on prices, regulatory status, tariffs and the intellectual property situation World Health Organization, Link Peter Beyer and Joseph Perriëns This paper provides information on the prices paid by 20 middle-income countries for adult and paediatric formulations of antiretroviral…
Last December, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression published the report Freedom of Expression on the Internet. The report, authored by Rapporteur Catalina Botero Marino, warned that copyright protection “cannot be pursued in…
Key data on prices, regulatory status, tariffs and the intellectual property situation [World Health Organization] OVERVIEW: The paper provides information on the prices paid by 20 middle-income countries for adult and paediatric formulations of antiretroviral treatments recommended by WHO. It…
Below is a communication sent by Civil Society Organizations to Mark Dybul and others calling for the abandonment of the Global Fund’s misguided tiered-pricing initiative. The CS letter is attached. Dear Dr. Dybul, Dr. Chan, and Executive Directors of Proposed…
Joint media release by 10 Library and Archivist Associations | Download PDF [Reposted from EIFL, Link CC-BY)] Discussions by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) broke down in the early hours of…
[Neeha Chaudry, CIS-India, Link (CC-BY)] On April 30, 2014, on Day 3 of the 27th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, a Signing Ceremony was conducted for member states wishing to sign the Marrakesh Treaty…
Kajal Bhardwaj and Cecilia Oh UNITAID, World Health Organization In recent years, the number of bilateral and regional trade negotiations has been increasing. Many of these negotiations involve both developed and developing countries, and the ensuing free trade agreements often…
Professor Brook K. Baker, Northeastern U. School of Law Policy Analyst Health GAP Full Paper – PDF On or about March 18, 2014, a third draft of the renamed “equitable access” proposal was released by Mark Dybul, Executive Director of…
Author: Christopher Jon Sprigman Abstract: Not too long ago, conventional wisdom in the copyright field condemned copyright formalities as unnecessary and pernicious, and celebrated their removal from American law. Recently, however, an increasingly prominent strand of copyright scholarship has begun…