Philippine Senate Passes Legislation That Changes Fair Use Provisions in Copyright Law [Mike Palmedo] Legislation to change the copyright law of the Philippines has passed the third reading in the Senate. The law was sponsored by Senator Manny Villar, who…
[Reposted from AccessNow.org] Last June, my government proposed a law that could have imprisoned the average internet user for no fault of their own. The Cybercrime Bill would have overturned our Constitutional right to communications secrecy and given police easy…
The Supreme Court of Canada has invalidated Pfizer’s patent for Viagra, on the grounds that the company’s patent filing did not meet the Patent Act’s disclosure requirements. Teva, the generic firm that challenged the patent, will be able to market…
[By Carolina Rossini, reposted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog] Internet service providers (ISPs) are the conduits of free expression on the Internet. However, many international and national law and policy proposals, including trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement(TPP) and others,…