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Trans Pacific Partnership negotiators released a “Trade Ministers’ Report to Leaders” at the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) that offered little detail about the status of negotiations. Some observers had expected the report to contain a July 2012 deadline for the completion of negotiations, but no deadline was included. (U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for […]
H.R. 3261 – Stopping Online Piracy Act (SOPA), recently introduced in the House by Lamar Smith, has received criticism from Members of Congress, Internet Service Providers, Library Associations, and civil society groups. Initial reactions from Public Knowledge, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Center for Democracy and Technology are here. Below are highlights from more […]
Carol Nogueira and Julianna Granjeia report in Folha.com that a Brazilian court has ruled DJs do not need to pay royalties for samples of songs used in public performances at clubs. Judge Cláudia Longobardi Campana found that the use of samples are transformative, and not mere reproductions of works, and therefore fit the criteria for […]
Groups Seek Generic Competition for Abbott’s Patented Lifesaving Treatments WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, public health groups in a dozen countries launch a campaign to challenge Abbott Laboratories’ monopolistic hold on lopinavir+ritonavir (also known as Kaletra or Aluvia), a critical HIV/AIDS medicine. The goal is to spur competition by generic drugmakers and thereby lower the medicine’s […]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Commonwealth of Learning have published guidelines on Open Educational Resources. Its purpose is to “encourage decision makers in governments and institutions to invest in the systematic production, adaptation and use of OER and to bring them into the mainstream of higher education in order to […]
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning Publish Guidelines for Open Educational Resources The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Commonwealth of Learning have published guidelines on Open Educational Resources. Its purpose is to “encourage decision makers in governments and institutions to invest in the […]
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