(with research by Marcela Palacio Puerta) The latest example of a rushed copyright reform process to implement an unbalanced law while stifling public debate occurred in Colombia last week. Over a scant 18 days (including a break for holy week)…
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Colombia Rushes Through Unbalanced Copyright Reform [by Sean Flynn] The latest example of a rushed copyright reform process to implement an unbalanced law while stifling public debate occurred in Colombia last week.…
Last week the Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a report on IP intensive industries in the U.S. “Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: Industries in Focus” identifies 75 industries as…
At a PIJIP-hosted seminar on intellectual property and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) last week, present and former Chilean trade officials questioned whether joining the TPP would be worth its costs if it included additional demands on intellectual property.
This overview on copyright flexibilities in Canada consists of two parts: first, answers to a questionnaire on the state of copyright law and second, a table organizing the limitations and exceptions to copyright in Canada’s laws. The first part includes…
The Chilean press reports that Senators Fulvio Rossi and Francisco Chahuán have expressed their opposition to legislation in the Congress that would prohibit health regulators from granting marketing approval to medicines which are under patent without the acquiescence of the…