For many non-U.S. parties and public interest advocates, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) intellectual property chapter is seen primarily as a threat. It is the latest step in a long running agenda to shift between policy making forums to achieve…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Arjun Karki, akarki@ldcwatch.org , +977 9851023254 Prerna Bomzan, prerna@ldcwatch.org , +977 9841209336 Deborah James, djames@cepr.net , +1 (202) 441 6917 On 20 May, global civil society networks LDC Watch and the Our World Is Not For…
As the Trans Pacific Partnership creeps toward an end game (which appears far off) it may be worth spending more time discussing positive proposals for amending the proposal in various ways. I have previously written on ideas for positive proposals…
Carolina Botero has sent us an English translation of the new copyright legislation that was recently proposed in Colombia to replace the controversial “Ley Lleras 2.0” law that was struck down earlier last year by the Constitutional Court. The law…
[HAI Europe] Open innovation, open access, crowd-sourcing innovation, innovation prizes…. All buzzwords we often hear in the media, employed by entrepreneurs, government officials or science journalists. The terms have become part of the discourse on innovation and science: companies crowd…