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[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] EIFL is delighted that Mongolia is in line to become the ninth country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. On 9 July 2015, the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia voted by an 86% majority to support ratification. “I […]
[The Commons Network, Link, (CC-BY] How can we address the high prices of medicines that are straining health budgets? How can openly sharing green knowledge help an agreement at the climate change talks in Paris this year? How could TTIP further privatize knowledge and what can we do about it? What does it mean to […]
[Reposted from EFF Deeplinks Blog, Link, (CC-BY)] A draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership‘s “Intellectual Property” chapter from May 11, 2015 hasrecently been leaked to journalists. This is the fourth leak of the chapter following earlier drafts of October 2014, August 2013, and February 2011. The latest leak is not available online and we don’t have a […]
Matt Kavanagh, Health GAP Call for Participation & Call for Papers Access to Medicines Track Global Congress on Intellectual Property & the Public Interest 15 – 18 December 2015 New Delhi, India The fourth annual Global Congress will be held this December in New Delhi, India and the Access to Medicines track is calling for […]
Inside U.S. Trade reports that Trade Ministers have scheduled Trans Pacific Partnership Ministerial for the end of July in Hawaii. Chief negotiators will meet prior to the Ministerial to try to iron out remaining areas of disagreement. Jiji press reports that there are six unresolved areas where “negotiations are not proceeding smoothly.” Data exclusivity for […]
Author: João Pedro Quintais Abstract: This paper briefly discusses an alternative legal model to assure remuneration for non-commercial mass online uses by individuals, covered by the exclusive rights of reproduction and communication/making available to the public in Directive 2001/29/EC. Alternative compensation systems (ACS) are legal mechanisms that forsake the need for direct authorization of end-user […]
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