Category Round-up

November 14, 2011

Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Public Health Groups Launch Global Campaign Against Abbott Labs’ Monopoly on Critical AIDS Medicine Public health groups in a dozen countries have launched a campaign to challenge Abbott Laboratories’ monopolistic hold on…

November 7, 2011

Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning Publish Guidelines for Open Educational Resources The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Commonwealth of Learning have published guidelines on Open Educational Resources. …

October 31, 2011

Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest U.S. Copyright Office Report on “Priorities and Special Projects” U.S. Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante has published a report outlining the “Priorities and Special Projects” of the U.S. Copyright Office for the…

October 24, 2011

Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Ninth Round of Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations Underway; New Negotiating Texts Leaked Officials from the nine countries negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) are meeting this week in Lima, Peru, and will…

October 10, 2011

Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Call for Papers: Toward a Positive Agenda in International Intellectual Property Law American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property is seeking contributions to the online PIJIP…

October 3, 2011

Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest ACTA Signed by Eight Nations On October 1, the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement was signed by Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States.  The signing statement issued at…

September 26, 2011

Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Call for Papers: Towards a Positive Agenda in International Intellectual Property Law American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property is seeking contributions to its online working…

September 19, 2011

IP Enforcement Roundup Changes to Weekly “Roundup” Email Starting next week, this email will be renamed the “Infojustice Roundup.”  The scope will be widened to include more current, positive developments of IP policy (while still including updates on efforts to…

September 12, 2011

IP-Enforcement Roundup – September 12, 2011 Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Intellectual property and information policy experts from around the world have released the Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest.  Citing an “unprecedented…

September 5, 2011

IP-Enforcement Roundup – September 5, 2011 TPP Negotiators to Meet in Chicago for Negotiating Round:  Reports Show the Conflict Between IP Provisions and Local Laws in the U.S. and Australia The next negotiating round of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement…

August 29, 2011

IP Enforcement Roundup Progressive IP Experts From Around the World Meet in a Global Congress, Prepare a Declaration to Establish Priorities for Promoting the Public Interest in IP Law and Policy Seeking to ensure that public policy initiatives concerning intellectual…

August 22, 2011

IP Enforcement Roundup Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest to Open August 25 The Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest will bring together scholars, policymakers, and policy advocates to discuss and deliberate about opportunities…