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On May 15, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on S. 1138, the Prize Fund for HIV/AIDS Act. The bill, introduced a year ago by Sen. Sanders, would provide direct support to innovators while allowing immediate generic competition upon approval of new treatments for HIV/AIDS. As explained in a […]
Just as Novartis appealed from an order denying its patent application on Glivec, Bayer has now appealed the granting of a compulsory license on Nexavar. Rather than honestly state that it likes selling its cancer medicines for $67,000 to only the richest patients in India, which means that only 200 or so patients get the […]
The U.S. Trade Representative has released the 2012 Special 301 Report, in which it accuses countries of denying “adequate and effective” protection of intellectual property, or discriminating against American companies that rely on intellectual property protection. A short statement accompanying the report says that it “reflects the Administration’s resolve to encourage and maintain effective IPR […]
Written remarks of Sean Flynn, American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property Press briefing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiation, May 2, 2012, 2pm EST. Hosted by Public Knowledge. I was asked to provide a brief primer on TPP and the link between its IP chapter and more traditional […]
Beginning with the 2009 report, the USTR began hosting a public hearing and making small efforts to improve public participation in the Special 301 adjudication process. But, as in the past, the 2012 report shows that USTR largely ignores the comments of those it disagrees with. Indeed, despite specific requests that the agency at least […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Art Brodsky 202-861-0020 (o) 301-908-7715 (c) abrodsky@publicknowledge.org The latest back-room negotiations for the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) trade talks are scheduled for May 8-18 in Dallas. The negotiations have already caused a great deal of concern around the world and have attracted the attention of the Occupy movement. Public Knowledge will […]
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