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Paving the way for parallel imports to exert downward pressure on domestic pharmaceutical (and other) prices [Frederick M Abbott*, IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-SA)] The Supreme Court of the United States on May 30, 2017 adopted a rule of international exhaustion of patent rights for the United States in Impression Products v. Lexmark International, No. 15-1189. […]
South Africa has released the 2017 Copyright Amendment Bill for public comment. The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry will accept written comments from the public through June 19, and will hold public hearings on the legislation June 27-29. Instruction for submissions and further information on the hearing are here. Six legal scholars from the […]
[Paul Keller, Communia Association, Link (CC-0)] Yesterday we sent an open letter on copyright reform to the EU Member State ministers attending the Competitiveness Council. We have done so together with more than 60 other civil society and trade associations – representing publishers, libraries, scientific and research institutions, consumers, digital rights groups, start-ups, technology businesses, […]
Authors: Christophe Geiger and Elena Izyumenko Abstract: Courts have traditionally considered copyright to be immune to any external freedom of expression review, the tension between those rights having to be resolved through internal balancing mechanisms such as the idea/expression dichotomy or limitations and exceptions to the exclusive right. Two important rulings from the European Court […]
English translation of a joint press release by eight Peruvian civil society organizations. Tranlation by Justin Mendoza (Access to Medicines Organizer, Public Citizen). The original press release in Spanish is available here, and the text is reproduced below. [CONTACT: MARLON CASTILLO – Phone: 942118412] Lima, May 25, 2017 – The Congress of the Republic’s Health […]
[Fundación Karisma, Link (CC-BY-SA)] Hoy, después de más de tres años de iniciado el proceso penal, el Juzgado 49 Penal del Circuito dictó sentido del fallo a favor del biólogo Diego Gómez, en un proceso penal que habría podido significarle de 4 a 8 años de cárcel y una multa millonaria por compartir un documento […]
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