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Public interest advocates and analysts have long been critical of the “maximalist” intellectual property agenda of some wealthy countries. But there is also a counter-current in the public interest community that is advocating for new positive norms to promote precisely the values that appear lacking from the maximalist agenda. This positive agenda promotes greater transparency […]
Germany has postponed its signing of the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement. Bloomberg reports that “Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger is at odds with lawmakers from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats” over the agreement, and the BBC quotes a Foreign Ministry spokesperson saying that the government wants time to “carry out further discussions” before signing. Thus, Germany joins […]
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest ACTA Opposition from Thousands of Protestors, European Parliament President, German Justice Minister, and Amnesty International Last weekend, thousands of protestors in multiple cities demonstrated against ACTA. Shortly after, the President of the European Parliament called the agreement “not good in its current form” and noted that it […]
Comments received by the U.S. Trade Representative for the 2012 Special 301 Report have been posted online at regulations.gov This year, USTR received 41 comments from groups or individuals. Of these, 28 came from businesses, trade organizations, or coalitions representing IP owners. Five came from nonprofit organizations, six came from individuals or academics, and two […]
Trade officials from the EU and India are meeting today to continue negotiations of a free trade agreement, which they hope to complete by the end of the year. The European Union is seeking to include TRIPS-Plus patent and data exclusivity provisions that block access to generic medicines. This has alarmed Indian and global health […]
Today, Representative Mike Doyle introduced H.R. 4004 – the Federal Research Public Access Act. The legislation would require Federal Agencies to collect digital copies of peer-reviewed journal articles that result from research supported by their grants, to create and maintain a stable digital repository containing the articles, to make them publicly accessible online, and to […]
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