Day September 30, 2011

ACTA’s Threat to Access to Medicines

Next week, PIJIP Fellows Bijan Madhani and Michael Vasquez and I will be releasing our study for the EU parliament on the impact of ACTA on access to medicines in developing countries. A draft of the paper was released last…

ACTA Not Consistent with US Law

When the US signs ACTA tomorrow in Japan, the signing statement is likely to state something like “ACTA is entirely consistent with US law and therefore requires no implementing legislation.” This will be a defense of Obama’s new assertion of…

Comment on European Audiovisual Policy

I’ve turned The European Strategy Trilogy into something a little more refined and submitted it to the European Commission’s public consultation on ‘Assessing State aid for films and other audiovisual works.’ Download it here.  Here’s the most radical suggestion: Modernize…

Who is Signing ACTA: State of Play Cont’d

ACTA to Be Signed – But Can it Enter into Force? It has been reported in global press this week that ACTA will be signed October 1 in Japan.  But that does not mean that ACTA actually goes into…