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Sens. Jorge Enrique and Camilo Robeldo have filed two lawsuits against Law 201, the copyright legislation introduced and passed over a three week period last Spring. Law 201 (known popularly as Ley Lleras 2) changes copyright law in Colombia in order to meet the requirements of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The lawsuits allege that […]
There are increasing reports that the IP chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is being perceived as a problem by some officials in that country. At a government briefing of media stakeholders yesterday, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra noted to one participant: ‘You’re lucky you’re in the Services […]
This brief article will discuss the March 17, 2008 RIAA Suggestions for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)[1] and will pinpoint the Suggestions that did not make it into the final draft of ACTA, but are making a ‘come-back’ through the U.S.-proposed chapter on intellectual property of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Although ACTA negotiations began […]
On May 9, over 30 legal scholars sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk calling on the administration to expand participation and transparency in the negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership. The letter specifically called for the administration to work to give the general public the same rights to see US proposals […]
Today, the Committee on International Development of the European Parliament held a vote on the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement and recommended its rejection by a large majority. The committee believed that passage of the agreement would negatively affect the health of people in developing countries. Author Mike Palmedo Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and […]
The California Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill (SB 1053) that would create an digital library of openly available textbooks, and would allow students to buy hard copies for $20. The textbooks will be published under creative commons licenses, allowing faculty to update them as necessary, and to tailor them to fit their courses. A companion […]
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