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As Canada and Mexico prepare to enter the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, there is interest in how their intellectual property laws would need to change to adhere to the requirements found in leaked text. The following is a brief comparison of 1) their patent and data protection laws to the leaked texts, and 2) a […]
The White House’s office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) recently requested comments from the public as part of the process of developing a new Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement. It received 254 comments, all of which are available here. The request had specifically asked for “detailed recommendations from the public […]
Infojustice Roundup Comments Received by the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator on the Next “Strategic Plan” The White House’s office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) recently requested comments from the public as part of the process of developing a new Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement. The request had specifically asked […]
In a recent interviewwith Le Nouvel Observateur, French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti said that she will reduce funding HADOPI – the French agency that enforces online copyright through a graduated response: “Within the context of budget cutting, I’ll request operational funding to Hadopi be reduced… I’d rather reduce financing of things whose usefulness hasn’t been […]
Shortly after the leak of the U.S. proposal for limitations and exceptions to copyright, Australian observers have criticized their country’s support of it. A statement by Green Party Senator Scott Ludlam was highly critical of the country’s trade negotiators: “information on the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement revealed over the weekend show the US and […]
Malaysian government officials and civil society have recently spoken out against the TRIPS-Plus provisions in the Trans Pacific Partnership. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai recently told the Sun that “We are against the patent extension” that will lead to delayed generic competition, and therefore less affordable medicines for the public. Edward Low from […]
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