Health NGOs ask UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health to Intervene in TPP Negotiations
[gview file=”http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/r2h_anand_grover_tpp_22march2011.pdf”]
Day March 22, 2011
Health NGOs ask UN Special Rapportuer on the Right to Health to Intervene in TPP Negotiations
Eleven nonprofit organizations and three professors have requested that the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, “issue an urgent appeal” to the governments negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership. The request alleges that the proposed intellectual property provisions “threaten…
U.S. Customs Officials Release Statistics for Border Seizures in 2010
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that the number of seizures of infringing goods at the U.S. border increased 34% in 2010, though the overall value of goods seized dropped. “The average value for…
Property Rights Alliance Publishes 2011 International Property Rights Index
A report written by the Property Rights Alliance’s Hernando de Soto Fellow Kyle Jackson, and supported seven contributors and 67 “partner” organizations ranks 129 countries on property rights. The rankings are broken into sub-rankings for physical property rights, intellectual property…