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The European Commission has withdrawn its request for the European Court of Justice to rule on the legality of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Though the parliament rejected the agreement by 478-39 on July 4, the trade trade commission had requested that the court determine whether or not it was compliant with European treaties, especially the […]
The Second Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest begins today at 9:00 in Rio de Janeiro (6:00 EST). The link for the webcast of the public session of the Global Congress will be at http://fgv.br/aovivo/ You can find the agenda of speakers at: http://www.global-congress.org/ Author Sean Flynn
[Originally posted on accessnow.org] Last month, the Peruvian Government made public its intention to hold Internet Service Providers (ISPs) responsible for copyright infringement by their users. Peru committed to doing so — imposing intermediary liability — in a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. in 2006. However, many have criticized the legislative process thus far […]
Yesterday the EU Parliament adopted a resolution on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy, which focuses on human rights and access to the internet. The resolution and accompanying report was crafted by MEP Marietje Schaake, who guided the process through a civil society consultation process. Paragraph 59 asks the Commission to revisit its […]
Global Congress on Intellectual Property in the Public Interest On December 15-17, the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas will host the second Global Congress in Rio de Janiero. The theme for this year’s Congress will be “Setting the positive agenda in motion,” and will have a special focus on developments and […]
[by Kingsley Egbuonu; reposted from Afro-IP] Afro-IP thanks Chukwuyere Izuogu, Streamsowers & Köhn for drawing our attention to this press release that Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke SAN has granted the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) an approval to issue the Copyright (Levy of Materials) Order 2012. Chronologically, this is what the press release tells us:
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