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This morning the Interagency Special 301 Committee chaired by the US Trade Representative held a public hearing as part of its annual review of foreign countries that “deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights” or that “deny fair and equitable market access” to American companies that rely on intellectual property protection. The Committee […]
American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) Associate Director Sean Flynn testified at today’s Special 301 hearing at the United States Trade Representative’s office. This blog summarizes some of the comments made to the 301 Committee and some additional reflections on the day. Author Sean Flynn
[Reposted with permission from B.I.T.S. in Bits] A lot of Filipinos who have recently noticed this on-going debate in the IP Code amendments tell me they have difficulty digesting the concepts of intellectual property and all these provisions in the IP Code, but one thing we should note first and foremost is that intellectual property […]
[Posted by Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan on the International Economic Law and Policy Blog (CC BY-NC 2.5)] Last week, Luke Peterson reported that the U.S. based pharma corporation Eli Lilly has put Canada on notice of its intent to submit a claim to arbitration under NAFTA Chapter 11 following the invalidation of some of its patents by Canadian courts […]
In 2012, the Korean Copyright Act was amended to include the general provision of a fair use for the effectuation of the U.S. – Korea FTA. The newly introduced article 35-3 (Fair Use of Copyrighted Material)[1] states that “the copyrighted work may be used, among other things, for reporting, criticism, education, and research.” (emphasis added). […]
[Reposted with permission from B.I.T.S. in Bits] Blogger Raissa Robles has recently written on the erasure by our Philippine Congress of the right of Filipinos from abroad including ordinary OFWs to bring home with them foreign music or movie CDs, DVDs, and books through the bicameral conference committee bill setting forth amendments to the Intellectual […]
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