Analysis at the intersection of intellectual
property law and the public interest.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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 […]
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 […]
[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. […]