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Authors: Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur Abstract: The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power “to Promote the Progress of Science and the Useful Arts” by granting copyrights and patents to authors and inventors. Most courts and scholars understand this language to entail a utilitarian or consequentialist approach to intellectual property (IP) law. Unlike IP […]
Medicines Patent Pool Press Release Contact: Katherine Moore In an effort to improve the international response to combatting multidrug-resistant TB, MPP and Johns Hopkins University sign licensing agreement for investigational treatment sutezolid Geneva, 25 January 2017 — The Medicines Patent Pool today announced that it has signed a licence with Johns Hopkins University to […]
[Reposted from Creative Commons, Link (CC-BY)] The “Safe harbor” provisions of the DMCA have been critical to build the internet as we know it today. Provisions like this one have given space to intermediaries providing platforms to host and transmit user-generated content without being held responsible for third party acts. The above is the legal […]
[Joint press release from six civil society groups, Link] The six candidates for Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) – of whom one will be elected this May – have published responses to an open letter asking them to make clear their plans for the future of the WHO’s work in promoting a new […]
[Reposted from the Association of Research Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] In December 2016, strong endorsements of fair use appeared in somewhat unexpected places. First, the Joint Strategic Plan (“JSP”) released by the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator on December 12, 2016, stated that nothing in the JSP: should be interpreted as limiting the scope […]
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] European Commission proposals for European Union (EU) copyright reform are entering a crucial phase as they come under the scrutiny of co-decision makers, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the voice of EU governments. On 12 January 2017, the Commission’s proposal ‘Copyright in the digital single […]
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