CCIA – Copyright Fair Use and the Global Internet Economy
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Category Trade Agreements
CCIA – Promoting the Internet Economy
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CCIA – Achieving Balanced Intellectual PropertyRules in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
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Letter from Seven Governors to President Obama on IP in the Trans Pacific Partnership
Seven governors have written President Obama asking him to include in the Trans Pacific Partnership “very strong intellectual property rights provisions, consistent with U.S. law, for protecting the investments of our innovative, intellectual property-investive sectors, such as biopharmaceuticals.” The letter…
Civil Society Comments on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
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Civil Society Platform on IP in the Trans Pacific Partnership
Eight civil society groups have released a platform on the intellectual property and health content of the Trans Pacific Partnership. The platform calls ex-officio border measures “inappropriate,” rejects a “one size fits all” regime for patent validity, and warns against…
Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations – Intellectual Property Stakeholder Update
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Letter: Senators want tough IP standards in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
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USTR to Table Full IP Chapter of the Trans Pacific Partnership in June – Drug Industry Lobbies to Repeal 2007 Policy Deal on Access to Medicines
Inside U.S. Trade reports that USTR intends to table a full intellectual property chapter for the TPP by mid June, and that the pharmaceutical industry has been lobbying to reverse the policy deal struck by the Bush Administration and Congressional…
EC Commission Response to the “Opinion of European Academics on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.”
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade has released a working paper that responds to a February “Opinion of European Academics on the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.” The Opinion signed by 182 academics, argues that ACTA conflicts with both EU law…
Ron Kirk’s Responses to Written Questions from the Senate Finance Committee
Knowledge Ecology International has posted the written answers submitted to the Senate Finance Committee by US Trade Representative Ron Kirk after his March 9 testimony. In his responses to questions from Sen. Wyden, Kirk asserts that “ACTA can be implemented…
EC Announcement: Public Hearing on the protection and enforcement of IPR in third countries
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…