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Recently, Inside U.S. Trade reported that Australia, New Zealand and Singapore have proposed replacing some elements of the U.S. proposed TPP chapter on IP with provisions from ACTA. The table below compares the provisions from the two texts (as well as with TRIPS and the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement). Overall, the comparative analysis shows that […]
The petition to the White House to require public access to the published results of taxpayer funded research has taken off – gaining more than 13,500 signatures in less than three days. In order to get a response, a petition must get at least 25,000 signature in 30 days, so this is an awesome start. […]
The following is an excerpt from Jack Goldsmith’s blog titled “The Doubtful Constitutionality of ACTA as an Ex Ante Congressional-Executive Agreement.” For the full blog, click here. Dozens of scholars have written a letter to complain about the constitutional basis for President Obama to ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). ACTA, for those who don’t […]
The following is an excerpt from U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk’s prepared remarks. The full speech is available here. “We know that the United States and European Union can successfully and creatively address critical challenges and set high standards for global trade. For example, last year U.S. and European leaders joined like-minded countries including Australia, […]
Earlier this month, the Malaysian AIDS council, an umbrella group of 49 civil society groups, asked the Malaysian Minister of Health to begin a government sponsored program to provide second line treatment to people with HIV/AIDS. In order to make this feasible, the Council requests that the Ministry grant a compulsory license for government use […]
Proposals for a global treaty on funding and coordination of medical research and development will be discussed this week at the 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva. The proposals grow out of the ongoing debate over the failure of the world’s IP system to incentivize research into diseases that primarily affect the world’s poor. Last […]
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