Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Whitehouse Posts Comments Received on Public Access to Digital Data and Peer Reviewed Articles The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently issued two separate Requests for Information, to solicit…
Infojustice Roundup – January 30 Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Public Interest Organizations Address Negotiation of Trans Pacific Partnershp in Los Angeles This week, Trans Pacific Partnership negotiators are holding a closed-door “mini-ministerial” on intellectual property in Los Angeles. …
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest SOPA and PIPA Derailed by Popular Objection; Opponents Point to ACTA Support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) collapsed last week in the face of…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Opposition to SOPA and the PROTECT-IP Takes Effect; SOPA Appears Stalled in the House On January 12, PROTECT-IP Sponsor Sen. Leahy released a statement saying he had “continued to hear concerns about…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Reps. Issa and Maloney Introduce Bill Threatening Open Access Research The Research Works Act (H.R.3699) introduced by Reps. Issa and Maloney would prohibit grantwriting federal agencies from requiring that research resulting from…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Spain Implements Website-Blocking ‘Sinde Law’ Spain’s newly elected Popular Party has implemented the controversial Law for Economic Sustainability (informally known as the “Sinde law” after outgoing Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde). Under the…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Stop Online Piracy Act Markup to Continue Wednesday; Committee Members Seek Input from Security Experts Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held a markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) to…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Legal Scholars Release Critical Analysis of U.S. Proposals for Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Chapters of the Trans Pacific Partnership A report released on Dec 6 by legal scholars analyses the U.S.…
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Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Civil Society Writes WIPO, Expresses Concerns with IP Enforcement Work 45 civil society groups have written WIPO Director General Francis Gurry regarding the international IP enforcement agenda. They ask that “WIPO urgently…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest European Court of Justice: ISPs Cannot Be Forced to Block Infringing Content on P2P Sites In 2007, Belgian internet service provider Scarlet Extended was ordered to install a filtering system to detect…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Draft Analysis of U.S. TPP Proposals for Intellectual Property and Pharmaceuticals, Open for Comment A joint analysis of the leaked U.S. proposals for intellectual property and pharmaceutical pricing chapters of the Trans-Pacific…