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Carolina Botero has sent us an English translation of the new copyright legislation that was recently proposed in Colombia to replace the controversial “Ley Lleras 2.0” law that was struck down earlier last year by the Constitutional Court. The law is meant intended to bring Colombia into compliance with the IP provisions i its FTA […]
[HAI Europe] Open innovation, open access, crowd-sourcing innovation, innovation prizes…. All buzzwords we often hear in the media, employed by entrepreneurs, government officials or science journalists. The terms have become part of the discourse on innovation and science: companies crowd source their data and innovation, governments are opening up their data to allow for civic […]
Our World Is Not for Sale (OWINFS) Network and LDC Watch. Dear Ambassador Suescum, We are outraged with the manner in which informal consultations are being conducted on the issue of extension of the LDC’s transition period. We find the current process to be unfair and prejudicial to the interests of the LDCs, the poorest […]
LIMA – There is a strong sense in the halls of the current TPP negotiation that the end is not in sight. And one of the primary reasons for the blocked progress is a lack of consensus on intellectual property and pharmaceuticals issues. Officially, the Chief Negotiators have backed off the prior commitment to end […]
Last Friday while celebrating the Internet day the government introduced a Bill, reproducing essentially the text of the former Law1520 (Ley Lleras 2) before the Congress. Despite the several citizen claims (last one) to open a civil dialogue when implementing the US FTA obligations before taking them to parliament, and after 3 failed attemtps to reform the […]
Last May 17th a new copyright bill was resubmitted in the Colombian Congress as part of the implementation of the FTA with the United States. The new Bill is introduced as a replacement to the 1520 Act of 2012 (Ley Lleras 2.0), law that was struck down last January by the Constitutional Court (Case C11-13) […]
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