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Joint Statement by 26 NGOs, June 21, 2013 [PDF] On 11th June 2013, the WTO TRIPS Council took a decision (IP/C/64) to extend for a further 8 years, the flexibility of least developed country (LDC) Members under Article 66.1 to not apply the provisions of the TRIPS[1] Agreement except for Articles 3, 4 and 5 […]
PIJIP Research Paper no. 2013-02 Authors: Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic in Collaboration with Andrés Izquierdo and Fundación Karisma Introduction: In January 2013, the Colombian Constitutional Court struck down on procedural grounds the controversial copyright law known as Ley Lleras 2.0, which presented Colombia with a tremendous new opportunity to draft balanced copyright legislation that meets the […]
In the digital rights and access to knowledge movements, we spend a lot of our time fighting against bad proposals, that limit the public domain, restrict user rights such as fair use or fair dealing, and control the way we use digital products. What if, rather than limiting ourselves to this negative and reactive approach, […]
On both sides of the Atlantic, brand-name drug companies have paid generics to delay entering the market. The week of June 17, 2013 will go down as potentially the most important week ever in the history of challenges to this activity. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court found that such “pay for delay” (or “reverse […]
Here are a few items of interest in the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator’s Joint Strategic Plan issued yesterday. Reference to Fair Use — p. 18 Effective enforcement is critical to providing meaningful protection of intellectual property rights, but enforcement approaches should not discourage authors from building appropriately upon the works of others. We recognize the […]
[Jhonny Antonio Pabón Cadavid and Carlos A. Conde-Gutierrez] At the end of May, Colombia and Latvia have been invited to be part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Through the ensuing discussions related to the entry to OECD, Colombia should demonstrate compatibility with the principles of OECD, including its intellectual property standards. […]
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