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Printable PDFs of the letter are available in English and in Spanish April 9, 2012 Honorable Presidents of the Senate and House of Representatives: We write as a group of international intellectual property academics and experts in response to what we perceive as a hurried process to implement the provisions of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade […]
Diego Molano, minister of the Colombian ministry of technology of information and communication, talks about the FTA’s implementation Law. In an interview given to “ENTER.CO” ( e-newspaper about technology, internet and digital culture), the Minister states that this project has not been made in high-speed track, and it is just a technological updating of the […]
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Open Letter to Colombian Legislature on Pending Copyright Bill An open letter signed by over 60 scholars and advocates has been sent to the leadership of the Colombian legislature regarding its bill to implement the country’s copyright obligations under the Colombia-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Bill no. […]
Earlier this week, USTR released the 2012 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, which describes trade barriers in the EU, the Arab League, and 58 countries. The report includes “an inventory of the most important foreign barriers affecting U.S. exports of goods and services, foreign direct investment by U.S. persons, and protection of […]
Stakeholder registering for the Dallas round of TPP negotiators have been informed that the conference style presentation format supported at all previous rounds has been disbanded and in place stakeholders will be given options of setting up “tables” to pass out information to browsing delegates. Carol Guthrie, a public affairs official at USTR, explained in […]
Please find below a sign-on letter for intellectual property academics and experts to Colombian legislative leaders regarding the recently released bill to amend Colombia’s law to implement the US-Colombia FTA. The core message of this letter is to alert officials and civil society that “upon review of Bill No. 201 of 2012 we find that […]
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