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[EFF Deeplinks, Link (CC-BY)] Open access isn’t explicitly covered in any of the secretive trade negotiations that are currently underway, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and the Trade In Services Agreement (TISA). But that doesn’t mean that they won’t have a negative impact on those seeking to publish […]
Author: Suzanne Zhou Abstract: In April 2014, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) listed India on its Special 301 Priority Watch List, following India’s refusal to grant a patent over the leukemia drug Gleevec and its compulsory licensing of the cancer drug Nexavar. USTR also undertook an out-of-cycle review of India’s intellectual property laws, to […]
[Originally posted on CIS-India, Link (CC-BY)] Earlier this week, the “Don’t Trade Our Lives Away” blog leaked the supposed final draft of India’s National IPR Policy (“leaked draft”). This article presents quick comments on this leaked draft. The leaked draft (which is not final) is available here. The only official document that the Department of […]
Trans Pacific Partnership governments are trying to convince stakeholders that the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism in the agreement is an improvement over those found in previous trade agreements. ISDS rules in NAFTA have allowed Eli Lilly to sue Canada over its standards of patentable subject matter. Tobacco companies have used ISDS to sue […]
Judge Pierre Leval’s opinion today in the Google Books case offers another fascinating glimpse into the richness of his thinking about the concept of fair use. (For more, be sure to attend (or stream) his talk at WCL’s Fourth Annual Peter Jaszi Lecture on November 12.) A law review article by then-district court Judge Leval […]
[Cross posted from the TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues, Link] As the World Trade Organization’s intellectual property body begins its session today, there is emerging consensus among the organization’s members that the poorest nations in the world, the least developed countries (LDCs), should not have to apply or enforce pharmaceutical product patents or […]
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