Category TPP

Trade Promotion Authority Bill Falls Short of Ensuring Transparency and the Public Interest

Contacts: Sean Flynn, American University Washington College of Law, 202-274-4157, sflynn@wcl.american.edu Margot Kaminski, Yale Law School, margot.kaminski@yale.edu David Levine, Elon University School of Law, 336-279-9298, dlevine3@elon.edu The release of a Trade Promotion Authority bill yesterday, including provisions to increase Congressional…

Update: 200 People Sign Global Congress Declaration on Public Interest Principles for International IP Negotiations

To date, 200 people from around the world have signed the Third Global Congress Global Congress Declaration on Fundamental Public Interest Principles for International Intellectual Property Negotiations. The Declaration, drafted at the recent Global Congress in Cape Town, South Africa,…

Global Congress Endorses Principles for International Intellectual Property; Criticizes Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Researchers, scholars and policy specialists from over 40 countries drafted and endorsed a declaration of Fundamental Public Interest Principles for International Intellectual Property Negotiations that are starkly at odds with some trade agreement negotiations. The Principles were adopted at the…