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Liability of Intermediaries in Argentina: Lack of Specific Legislation and Contradictory Decisions

Daniela Schnidrig and Veronica Ferrari[1] Translated into English by Paula Arturo Digital Rights Latin America & Carrbiean Link to Source (CC-BY-SA) Argentina has no specific regulations on liability of intermediaries. What does this mean? It means that in judgments involving an intermediary – i.e., an internet service provider, search engine, or platform[2]– judges may freely […]

Analysis of the ViiV/Medicines Patent Pool Dolutegravir Patent Licenses

This paper provides a detailed analysis of the effective geographical scope of the recently announced adult and pediatric between the Medicines Patent Pool and ViiV Healthcare covering dolutegravir. an important integrase inhibitor. In addition to providing a comprehensive analysis of the effective geographical scope of the licenses, taking into account both the formally licensed territory and territories […]

Standardisation in the Area of Innovation and Technological Development, Notably in the Field of Text and Data Mining

Report prepared for the EC Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, prepared by an Expert Group chaired by Ian Hargreaves with members Lucie Guibault, Christian Handke, Peggy Valcke, Bertin Martens, and Ros Lynch, supported by Ros Lynch and Sergey Filippov. The full report is available here (PDF), and the executive summary follows. Text and data mining […]

Peruvian Civil Society Organizations Demand that Government Issue a Compulsory License for Atazanavir

Pharmaceutical companies’ abuse of monopolistic position results in million-dollar overspending in public purchases. [Javier Llamoza and Ana Romero] Atazanavir is an antiretroviral, second-line medicine that is used to treat people living with HIV. In Peru, this drug is patented by Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), ensuring exclusivity and a high price for the same in the […]

A Discussion That Could Finally Change Copyright in Peru

[Cross posted from Digital Rights LAC, Link (CC-BY-SA)] In the last chapter of a long debate, the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property suspended the board of the Peruvian Association of Authors and Composers for one year. But what hides within this long discussion in a country like Peru, […]

Determinants and Welfare Implications of Unlawful File Sharing: A Scoping Review

Reposted description from the CREATe launch announcement CREATe Working Paper 5/14 Steven James Watson, Daniel John Zizzo and Piers Fleming (2014) Using systematic reviewing techniques drawn from the medical sciences, a team of behavioural economists and psychologists from the University of East Anglia has undertaken a scoping review of all evidence published between 2003-2013 into […]