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The European Commission has announced a new policy that will require open access to articles funded through its “Horizon 2020” program, an €80 billion initiative to drive research, innovation and competitiveness throughout the continent. The policy recommends that Member states consider their own open access policies for government funded research, and sets a goal of […]
PIJIP Research Paper no. 2012-09 Author: Hong Xue Abstract: On July 6, 2012, the National Copyright Administration of China released the 2nd Draft of the 3rd Revision of the copyright law, in which 81 provisions were changed from the 1st Draft. It does contain a few improvements, but it contains more compromises and even steps […]
The British government has announced that it will make government-funded research freely available beginning next year. The Research Council’s UK announcement states that the new policy “will apply to all qualifying publications being submitted for publication from 1 April 2013” and it “mandates use of the Creative Commons ‘Attribution’ license (CC-BY), when an Article Processing […]
Infojustice Roundup Canadian Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Broad Interpretations of Fair Dealing The court issued rulings last week in five separate cases that involved fair dealing. According to Michael Geist, “the court has reaffirmed that fair dealing is a user’s right that must be interpreted in a broad and liberal manner. In […]
Earlier this month, the 2012 Global Innovation Index (GII) was jointly published by WIPO and INSEAD. The GII profiles 141 countries according to 84 indicators, which fit into the following categories: institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, market sophistication, business sophistication, knowledge and technology outputs, and creative outputs. The GII indicators include patent and trademark […]
Mexico’s Ambassador to Japan, Claude Heller, signed ACTA on July 12, 2012. A press release by the Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI), said that the agreement aims to “provide Mexican people with a sound international protection of their intellectual property rights, to attract new investments, to ensure the existing work flows, to increase […]
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