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Today the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on “The President’s 2013 Trade Agenda.” Opening statements, a webcast, and instructions for submitting comments to the record are all here. The sole witness at the hearing was Acting United States Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis. There was much discussion of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) – which many […]
The Supreme Court decided the long anticipated Kirtsaeng case today, upholding an interpretation that the first sale (exhaustion) rule in the U.S. allows the parallel importation of copyrighted products voluntarily released in other countries with the right holder’s consent. The case helps reveal how the USTR (with approval by officials at the Copyright Office) uses […]
The Africa IP Forum was held in South Africa on 25-27 February 2013. Attendees were welcomed at a cocktail on the evening of 25 February and substantive discussions were held on 26 -27 February. There were 4 plenary sessions each complemented by 2 parallel sessions. The following topics were discussed: Author Caroline Ncube
Civil Society Declaration released by 38 European and International organisations, to exclude from the upcoming Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) any provisions related to patents, copyright, trademarks, data protection, geographical indications, or other forms of so-called “intellectual property”. Last year, millions of Americans told their government not to undermine the open internet. We sent the […]
Dear H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, We, the undersigned organizations from Thailand, are writing this letter to express our grave concern over the Indian Government’s shift in their position on the EU-India bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which is to compromise with the EU’s demands on strict intellectual property (IP) protection, IP enforcement, investment, and other […]
Authors: John Hudson and Alexandru Minea Abstract: Two important strands of literature investigate the way the effect of intellectual property rights (IPR) on innovation depends on either the initial IPR level or the level of economic development. We expand on this by studying their joint effect, in a single, unified, empirical framework. We find that […]
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