Advocating for a world where intellectual
property law serves the public interest.
MPP Press Release, Link, (CC-BY-NC-ND) Contact: Katherine Moore gro.looptnetapsenicidem@eroomk Licence will support the work of the recently launched Paediatric HIV Treatment Initiative (PHTI) to Develop Better Adapted Medicines for Children Living with the Virus GENEVA, December 1, 2014 – On World AIDS Day, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and AbbVie announced a licensing agreement for […]
Millions of creators around the world use CC licenses to give others permission to use their work in ways that they wouldn’t otherwise be allowed to. Those millions of users are the proof that Creative Commons works. But measuring the size of the commons has always been a challenge. There’s no sign-up to use a CC license, and no central
Research Paper 56. South Centre. LINK TO FULL PAPER on SOUTHCENTRE.INT Executive Summary: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suffers from numerous communicable and non-communicable diseases, with significant socio-economic effects, and adversely impacting the development prospects of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Many of these diseases are treatable but access to affordable medicines remains a huge challenge in the […]
[Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign] The European Union’s (EU) free trade and research and development (R&D) policies promote excessive intellectual property (IP) protection. This approach jeopardises access to affordable, needed medicines and impedes needs-driven biomedical innovation. Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign and our partners at HAI Europe and Oxfam are offering policy-makers seven straight-forward solutions […]
[Prepared by Kenneth Crews for the 29th Session of the SCCR, Link] INTRODUCTION: A study of copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives, commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organization and delivered in 2008, provided a foundation for the subsequent consideration and evaluation of the issues by delegates from the WIPO member states.[1] The […]
[Electronic Information for Libraries press release, Link (CC-BY)] After five years, it was time to update the 2009 EIFL Draft Law on Copyright in the light of legislative developments, current thinking on copyright policy, and library services enabled by new technologies. As a result, we have amended some of the exceptions and limitations, while introducing […]
Posts by Category
- Video
- User Rights Network
- US Domestic Policies
- US Domestic Legislation
- Transparency
- Trade Agreements
- Takedown
- Trade Disputes
- Trademark
- Round-up
- Regional Fora
- Surveys and Data
- Positive Agenda
- Patent Pledges
- Open
- News
- Multilateral Fora
- Limitations and Exceptions
- IP & Research
- IP and Human Rights
- Industry Initiatives
- Flagged
- Fair Use
- Events
- Empirical Research
- Document Library
- Coronavirus
- Brazil
- Blog
- Bilateral Trade Pressures
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI
- Africa Group Work Plan Proposal
- Africa: Copyright & Public Interest
- Access to Medicine
- Academic Resources