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The Colombian Constitutional Court has struck down the law 1520, generally known as “Ley Lleras 2.0”, which implemented part of the U.S FTA obligations in copyright law. This event happened last night, when the Constitutional Court was deciding about the lawsuit presented by Senator Robledo over articles 13 and 14 of such law. The Court […]
El Congreso de Colombia aprobó el año pasado una ley de derechos de autor en Internet, Ley 1520 del año 2012, también conocida como Ley Lleras 2.0, a fin de implementar las obligaciones suscritas con ocasión del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre EE.UU. y Colombia. Sin embargo, con ocasión de una demanda interpuesta contra la […]
Our Colombian Colleagues Marcela Palacio Puera, Andres Izquierdo, and Carolina Botero have drawn our attention to the breaking news that the Colombian Constitutional Court has struck down the Free Trade Agreement Copyright implementation bill known as “Lley Lleras 2” on procedural grounds. Author Sean Flynn
India’s Intellectual Property Appellate Board is hearing Bayer’s appeal to the government’s compulsory license for patents on the drug Sorafenib (sold under the brand name Nexavar by Bayer). This medicine is used to treat kidney and liver cancer. The branded drug costs 2,800,000 rupees (USD 5,214) per patient per month and the generic costs 8,880 […]
Inside U.S. Trade reports that USTR has begun an “internal review of the controversial pharmaceutical patent proposal that U.S. trade officials tabled” earlier in the TPP negotiations. However, USTR has also signaled new text will not be ready by the next round of negotiations in Singapore in March. The initial U.S. proposal centered around an […]
AUTHOR: Peter C. DiCola ABSTRACT: “This article is based on an original survey of over 5,000 musicians nationwide. The survey results demonstrate the diversity of the population of musicians, in terms of genre, income bracket, demographics, education, and many other variables. In this article I focus on how the mix of revenue sources varies across […]