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[Jean-Frédéric Morin and Jenny Surbeck] Abstract: This article introduces a new dataset on the intellectual property (IP) provisions included in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and makes it available for research and policy communities alike. Several PTAs include IP commitments that go well beyond the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). A sound knowledge of these TRIPs-plus commitments
[Cable Green] On May 28, 2019, UNESCO member state representatives took an important step for open education by adopting the 2019 UNESCO OER Recommendation, providing unanimous approval to bring it to the next General Assembly. UNESCO has a strong history in open education, having coined the term OER in 2002, passed the 2012 Paris OER Declaration, and co-hosted (with Slovenia)
The Canadian government tabled Bill C-100 yesterday, the bill to implement the Canada-US-Mexico Trade Agreement.... The bill also features several provisions related to copyright term but notably does not touch the current general copyright term of life of the author plus an additional 50 years. There are several new terms included in the bill with extensions for anonymous works, performances
[C. Tomlinson, C. Waterhouse, Y. Q. Hu, S. Meyer, and H. Moyo] Abstract: South Africa (SA) is in the process of amending its patent laws. Since its 2011 inception, Fix the Patent Laws, a coalition of 40 patient groups, has advocated for reform of SA’s patent laws to improve affordability of medicines in the country... In this article, we explore
Poland has challenged the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market at the EU's Court of Justice, on the grounds that the snippet tax required by Article 15 amounts to censorship.
The leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions have released draft healthcare legislation for comment. The Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 contains five titles, one of which is titled Lowering the Costs of Prescription Drugs. This title contains sections meant to speed the introduction of biosimilars to the the market; to reduce abuses of citizen petitions
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