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Senators Hatch and Schumer Seek More Action by USTR in Bilateral Trade Disputes Over Intellectual Property Protection

Last week the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the Obama Administration’s trade policy, in which U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman was the sole witness. Prepared statements from Chairman Orin Hatch, Ranking Minority Leader Wyden, and Ambassador Froman, and video of the full hearing are here. Actually, most of the hearing is on the […]

Further evidence of risks from US Certification in TPP: Australia’s experience in the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement

US demanded additional legislation on copyright before it would certify Australia’s FTA compliance In August 2014 a memorandum and supporting documents published on the website www.tppnocertification.org exposed how the United States uses a process called ‘certification’ to require other countries to implement the US’s interpretation of those other countries’ obligations under their free trade treaties. […]

Open Education Review Project

[John Hilton, Open Education Group, Link] This review provides a summary of all known empirical research on the impacts of OER adoption (including our own). The version originally published here in February 2015 was abstracted from of an article submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. We are continuing to add reviews of new articles as we […]

U.S. Law Professors Call for India IP Policy to Promote Balance and Focus on IP’s Ends

On Friday, I joined law professors Srividhya Ragavan of University of Oklahoma and Brook Baker of Northeastern University Brook Baker in comments to the Indian government on its recently released “Draft Intellectual Property Policy.” Our overarching comment is that the proposed policy makes a categorical and critical mistake of promoting intellectual property as an end […]

The Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights

Authors: Andrea Filippetti and Daniele Archibugi Abstract: There is a heated debated – in academia and in policy circles – about the usefulness of a stronger global regime of intellectual property rights (IPRs). Supporters of strong IPRs argue that they will increase investments in R&D and innovation and disseminating it across countries. Author Papers

Response of Indian Patient and Civil Society Groups to the Prime Minister’s Statement on IPRs

For further information, contact: Anand Grover: anandgrover@gmail.com Dinesh Abrol: dinesh.abrol@gmail.com Following Prime Minister Modi’s statement at the US-India Business Council yesterday that “India is ready to accept suggestions made by a joint working group with the United States on intellectual property rights,” patient and civil society groups have responded: Author REPOST