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Timeline of ACTA Protests

Thanks to Michael Geist for tweeting a link to actaprotests.org, which has many great videos like the one below: Author Mike Palmedo Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics […]

Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act Introduced in U.S. House and Senate

Today the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research ACT (FASTR) was introduced in both the House and Senate. FASTR was sponsored by Senators Cornyn and Wyden and Representatives Doyle, Yoder and Lofgren. The legislation requires federal agencies that fund research to develop a “public access policy” for federally funded academic papers. The policies required […]

US-EU Working Group and Senate Finance Committee on IPRs in the Upcoming Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

The report of the US-EU High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth has released its final report that recommends the negotiation of a trade agreement between the two. The report specifically recommends “a comprehensive agreement that addresses a broad range of bilateral trade and investment issues, including regulatory issues, and contributes to the development […]

Creative Commons Canada Participates in the Open Government Licence Consultation

[Posted on creativecommons.ca, CC-BY] In response to the Government of Canada’s call for comments on the Proposed Open Government Licence Agreement, Creative Commons Canada submitted the feedback posted below. The government plans to apply this licence to many of the hundreds of thousands of copyrighted works that it shares with the Canadian public. We feel it […]

Comparative tables of data exclusivity and patent linkage provisions in TPP and US FTAs

Please find links to new tables by Burcu Kilic at Public Citizen’s Global Access to Medicine Program that compare patent linkage and data exclusivity provisions in U.S. Free Trade Agreements and the U.S. proposal to the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement: Comparative Table of Patent Linkage Provisions in U.S. FTAs and U.S. Proposal to the TPPA […]

WHO/WIPO/WTO report on Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation: Article 39.3 and the cost-sharing approach

[Reposted from keionline.org] On Tuesday, 5 February 2013, the Secretariats of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) released their joint publication, Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation: Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade. This 251-page report covers a lot of ground. […]