IP Enforcement Roundup Senator Leahy Introduces the PROTECT-IP Act Sen. Leahy introduced the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT-IP) Act on May 12, designed to combat websites “dedicated to infringing activities.” The legislation…
IP Enforcement Roundup USTR Releases Special 301 Report On Monday May 2, USTR published the 2011 Special 301 Report, available here. After examining 77 countries, it included 12 on the Priority Watch List, 28 on the Watch list, and under…
IP Enforcement Roundup USTR to Release Special 301 Report Today USTR has scheduled the release of the 2011 Special 301 Report for today. All of the comment received by USTR in this year’s Special 301 Report, including both written comments…
IP Enforcement Roundup Consumers International IP Watchlist 2011 Consumers International has published its annual IP Watchlist, which “assesses the fairness of the world’s intellectual property laws and enforcement practices from an important yet under-represented perspective: that of an ordinary consumer.” …
IP Enforcement Roundup EU Advocate General: ISPs Cannot Be Required to Block or Filter Content The European internet service provider Scarlet Extended has appealed a court order that it block the file sharing of copyrighted music. In this context, the…
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP Special 301 and the Enforcement Agenda: Competing Perspectives on U.S. Intellectual Property and Trade Policy. PIJIP hosted a debate between two industry advocates with divergent visions of U.S. trade policy on intellectual property and technology matters. The…
IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP USTR publishes 2011 NTE Report on Foreign Trade Barriers USTR today published the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, which describes barriers to trade in 60 nations, the European Union, and the Arab League. The report…
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IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP IP Enforcement Coordinator Issues Recommendations to Congress, Including Wiretaps and Felony Sentences for Infringement IP Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel has issued a white paper listing 20 legislative recommendations to Congress to strengthen IP enforcement. The paper recommends…
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP U.S. Proposal for the Trans Pacific Partnership Leaked The leaked IP chapter proposed by the U.S. at the February Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations was circulated last week by Knowledge Ecology International. The text includes strong enforcement measures…
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP SSRC Releases “Media Piracy in Emerging Economies” Today, the Social Science Research Council released the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa,…
IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP Administrative Note – PIJIP is discontinuing our Google group of press contacts interested in IP Enforcement news, and migrating the email addresses to this new email list “IP-ENFORCE-NEWS.” You will still receive the weekly IP Enforcement Roundup. New…