On December 20, the state of São Paulo approved PL 989/2011, which establishes a policy of Open Educational Resources. Article one holds that educational resources developed by the government “should be made available in these institutions or [on the government’s] electronic…
[Cross posted from Patent Progress] This weekend I attended the Second Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest held in Rio de Janeiro. The Congress is intended to draw attention to the often-overlooked public interest aspects of global intellectual…
The European Commission has withdrawn its request for the European Court of Justice to rule on the legality of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Though the parliament rejected the agreement by 478-39 on July 4, the trade trade commission had requested…