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Joint press release by ACT-UP Paris, April, and La Quadrature du Net. In 2011 and 2012, European citizens took to the streets to protest against secret negociations of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) that threatened their fundamental freedoms. This led to a massive rejection of the agreement in the European Parliament in last July. The […]
In 2006 an Extraordinary Conference of the African Ministers of Council on Science and Technology meeting in Cairo mooted the idea of establishing a Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO). Since then, nothing much has been publicly discussed about the nature and scope of this organization until the ‘final’ draft for PAIPO statute surfaced recently for […]
Abstract reposted from the PLoS Journal of Neglected and Tropical Diseases. Authors: Christine Årdal and John-Arne Røttingen Full Study: HERE Background: Open source drug discovery offers potential for developing new and inexpensive drugs to combat diseases that disproportionally affect the poor. The concept borrows two principle aspects from open source computing (i.e., collaboration and open […]
The latest example of the serious threats of U.S. free trade agreement implementation to balanced intellectual property systems in developing countries was announced by USTR today. In an exchange of letters, the U.S. has blessed the implementation of Panama’s FTA commitments on copyright that threaten the business models of some of the largest U.S. corporations […]
Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization hosted meetings on the treaty for the visually impaired. Progress was slow, and observers are asking whether WIPO will be able to conclude the negotiations by December as planned. WIPO released a new text many issues remain unresolved and new bracketed text has been added. Much of the […]
October 22-28 is Open Access Week, “a global event for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.” Numerous resources, including […]
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