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Caroline B Ncube ‘Fair is as fair does: Contractual normative regulation of copyright user contracts in South Africa’ in GB Dinwoodie (ed) Intellectual Property and General Legal Principles:Is IP a Lex Specialis? (2015) Edward Elgar 49–68. Abstract: This chapter considers how contract and consumer protection law could be used to regulate or enhance the fairness […]
BMJ Open 6:e009586 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009586 Authors: Andrew Hill, Dzintars Gotham, Joseph Fortunak, Jonathan Meldrum, Isabelle Erbacher, Manuel Martin, Haitham Shoman, Jacob Levi, William G Powderly, Mark Bower. Objective: To calculate sustainable generic prices for 4 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Background: TKIs have proven survival benefits in the treatment of several cancers, including chronic myeloid leukaemia, breast, […]
The areas of statutory damages, remixes, and the first sale doctrine are the focus of a new report from the Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Juliana Gruenwald, Commerce (202) 482-2145, jgruenwald@ntia.doc.gov Paul Fucito, USPTO (571) 272-8400, paul.fucito@uspto.gov WASHINGTON —A report issued today by the U.S. Department of Commerce recommends amendments […]
Officials from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office have been signaling to businesses unhappy with the deal finalized last year that they may win extra concessions from TPP partner countries through the implementation process. Politico reports that U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman “is sending the message that he’s listening to calls from business groups and some […]
This is a rare victory. The court has long been reluctant to raise hands of individuals having rights to know, especially when it comes to trade agreements. Back in 2007 when the KorUS FTA talk was close to a conclusion, the court decided in favor of the Korean government to keep confidential draft texts of […]
(Cross posted from ipclinic.org, Link] In October 2015 the Librarian of Congress issued an important new rule permitting faculty and staff creating MOOCs (massive open online courses) to copy short clips from video media protected by digital locks. The rule was the result of a petition brought by clinic students Mark Patrick and Sarah O’Connor on behalf […]
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