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Infojustice Roundup A Comparative Table of Brazilian Copyright Reform Draft Bills [by Pedro Mizukami] The following note explains the contents of the table attached to the blog post: The WIPO translation was used for the current law (column 1). Except in a couple of passages, the text of the WIPO translation was transposed to that […]
In this webcast, recorded August 27, American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property faculty Jorge Contreras, Jonas Anderson and Christine Farley discuss the Apple-Samsung verdict and litigation. CLICK HERE FOR WEBCAST Jorge Contreras, who researches and teaches on patent licensing and is a frequent public commenter on the case in […]
[Post from cis-india.org] India’s Copyright Act is a relatively balanced instrument that recognises the interests of consumers through its broad private use exception, and by facilitating the compulsory licensing of works that would otherwise be unavailable. However, the compulsory licensing provision have not been utilized so far, because of both a lack of knowledge and […]
AstraZeneca has concluded research agreements with the South African firm iThemba, the University of Dundee and the University of California at San Francisco through WIPO’s “RE:Search” program. A WIPO press release has announced that agreements will enhance the “study novel treatments for Chagas disease, sleeping sickness, schistosomiasis (snail fever), and tuberculosis.” Author Mike Palmedo Mike […]
[Blog by Claudio Ruiz published on Derecho Digitales’ site.] Durante las primeras semanas de Septiembre se llevará a cabo una nueva ronda de negociaciones del Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), de las que es parte nuestro país junto con otros países del área pacífico. El alcance de estas negociaciones se mantiene en una nebulosa impropia de acuerdos comerciales […]
Over 5,000 people have used the Access speakout platform to send messages to their legislators voicing concern over a controversial computer crimes bill that has been introduced in Peru. The legislation’s critics warn that the legislation would criminalize user actions that are not illegal in other settings (such as possession of certain technologies with legal […]
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