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Yesterday, we sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, signed by over 30 legal scholars, criticizing the decision to cancel full day stakeholder presentations for the current round of negotiations being held in Dallas, Texas, and calling on the administration to “reverse course” and work to expand participation and transparency in the negotiation. […]
Over 30 legal academics from current or potential future Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiating countries wrote to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk today. The letter, the text of which is posted below, criticizes the USTR decision to cancel full day stakeholder presentations for the current round of negotiations being held in Dallas, Texas. The […]
The 12th round of negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership will be held from May 8-18 in Dallas Texas. Topics to be covered in the negotiations include patents and enforcement of intellectual property. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President for Asian Affairs Tami Overby told inside U.S. Trade that “intellectual property and innovation” will among […]
This overview of copyright flexibilities in Israel consists of two parts. First, answers to a questionnaire on the state of copyright law, copyright flexibilities, and the current political context of copyright, which were provided by Michael Birnhack and Niva Elkin-Koren. The questionnaire was given to participants at a meeting on Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright […]
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest TPP Negotiations to Resume This Week in Dallas The 12th round of negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership will be held from May 8-18 in Dallas Texas. Topics to be covered in the negotiations include patents and enforcement of intellectual property. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President […]
Next week, the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade will vote on its draft legal opinion on ACTA. The legal opinion states that the “Commission has ensured that ACTA provisions comply with the Union acquis and that nothing in ACTA contradicts the obligations between parties under existing agreements, including the TRIPS Agreement;” and that “ACTA […]
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