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The Irish Copyright Review Committee has released its report, Modernising Copyright. Below are two excerpts from the introduction. Click here for the full report. Summary of Recommendations The centerpiece recommendations relate to the establishment of a Copyright Council of Ireland and specialist intellectual property tracks in the District and Circuit Courts, and to the introduction […]
[Caralee Adams, SPARC, Link (CC-BY)] Experts discussed the changing nature of measuring the impact of research in the open, digital environment, and researchers who leveraged Open Access to advance science in significant ways were honored at the kickoff of “Open Access Week” hosted by SPARC and the World Bank on October 21 in Washington, D.C. […]
[La Quadrature du Net, Link (CC-BY-SA)] Major organizations from all around the world, defending free speech and freedoms online, signed this open letter initiated by La Quadrature du Net. It encourages for a swift adoption, in Brazil, of an uncompromising “Marco Civil de Internet” that would truly guarantee freedoms online. The vote is scheduled on […]
Authors: Charles R. McManis and Jorge Contreras Abstract: The chapter discusses the statutory and treaty basis for compulsory patent licensing, briefly reviews instances in which compulsory licenses have been issued, surveys the economic rationale behind compulsory licensing and compares the potential application of compulsory licensing in essential medicines and climate change mitigation technology. Author Jorge […]
Chilean Presidential Candidate Michelle Bachelet has released a platform that includes a chapter on external relations, including trade policy. Michelle Bachelet recommends that Chile undertake a “thorough review of the scope and implications of the Trans Pacific Partnership.” She warns that the agreement may become an “indirect renegotiation” of US-Chile Free Trade Agreement, that could “weaken […]
The Hill reports that the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has sent a letter to the Obama Administration warning that it opposes the inclusion of a 12 year period of data exclusivity for biologic drugs in the Trans Pacific Partnership. The group’s State and National Group Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond wrote in a […]
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