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Statement and FAQ on ACTA and the Constitution Sean M Fiil Flynn Associate Director Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) American University Washington College of Law (202) 274-4157; Cell 202-294-5749 October 12, 2011 Today, Senator Wyden released a letter to President Obama challenging USTR’s claimed authority to bind the United States to a […]
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Call for Papers: Toward a Positive Agenda in International Intellectual Property Law American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property is seeking contributions to the online PIJIP Working Paper Series and for a Focus Issue of the American University International Law Review. […]
American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property is seeking contributions to the online PIJIP Working Paper Series and for a Focus Issue of the American University International Law Review. The theme of the joint publication series is on promoting the public interest in international or comparative intellectual property law. […]
A new EU Greens/ European Free Alliance position paper starts from the premise that copyright should guard against unauthorized commercial use, but individuals should be able to copy and share works as long as the author is cited. It proposes specific changes to copyright in the EU – “to share copies, or otherwise spread or […]
Congressional Democrats, the branded drug industry, and public health groups have commented on USTR’s new approach to intellectual property described in its recently published white paper on trade and access to medicines. Speaking to Inside US Trade, Rep. McDermott said that USTR’s “intention is clearly to erode the May 10 agreement,” referring to a 2007 […]
The city of Sao Paulo has adopted a law supported by REA-Brazil that requires the city to purchase open educational resources. Specifically the resources must be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC-BY-NC-SA). The law will also require future contracts with the city to include a clause that all resources created with public funding […]
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