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The U.S. Trade Representative has posted comments received for the 2013 Special 301 Review. The full docket is available here. In all, USTR received 30 comments from American or multinational firms and trade associations; seven from civil society groups or coalitions of civil society groups; two from foreign business, and one from an individual. The […]
The African IP forum which was scheduled for April 2012 and was postponed in response to contested calls for a more balanced program and representation of views, has now been scheduled for the last week of February in 2013. Details for speakers have not yet been released but the program is available. Click on the picture […]
Open letter from 20 Disabilities Rights groups to the Indian Ministry of Commerce “seeking remedial action on the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing public libraries in India.” Reposted from the CIS-India website. [CC-BY3.0] We, the organizations representing persons with disabilities listed at the end of this document would like to bring to your […]
Last week, European Trade Commissioner traveled to the US to meet with US Trade Representative Ron Kirk. There was anticipation that the US and EU might announce their intention to negotiate a free trade agreement. However, it did not happen. Inside U.S. Trade reports that a formal recommendation from a US-EU working group “has been […]
[Reposted from La Quadrature du Net, CC-BY-SA] Brussels, 4 Feb 2013 — Today starts “Licences for Europe”, an initiative by the European Commission to discuss the issues of today’s copyright regime. Instead of planning for a broad reform that would break away with full-on repression of cultural practices based on sharing and remixing, the Commission […]
The World Trade Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, and World Health Organization jointly released a report today on “Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation: Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade.” The report discusses a number of issues that may be of interest to readers of this blog, including the link between medicine […]
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