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Karel De Gucht, EU Commissioner for Trade, gave a speech on September 7 at the “Conference on Intellectual Property Captured – Which Course to Take against Counterfeiters?” The speech stressed the actions the EU is taking to strengthen IP and fight piracy, including “finalization of the EU patent,” proposals to “revise both the Community Trade […]
With the U.S. round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) underway in Chicago, intellectual property and information policy experts from around the world have released a Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest that challenges the dominant direction of the negotiations on intellectual property in U.S. trade agreements. The Declaration was created through […]
Public Citizen Conference Call Briefing on Trade Negotiations Underway in the United States Contact: Arthur Stamoulis arthur@citizenstrade.org WHAT: Fair trade advocates from the United States, New Zealand and Australia will provide a press briefing via conference call on key issues surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations taking place in the United States and civil […]
IP-Enforcement Roundup – September 5, 2011 TPP Negotiators to Meet in Chicago for Negotiating Round: Reports Show the Conflict Between IP Provisions and Local Laws in the U.S. and Australia The next negotiating round of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement will be held in Chicago from September 6-15. Negotiators hope to make progress on outstanding […]
Nominet, the British domain name register for .uk domain names, has requested comments on proposed rules concerning “Domain names used in connection with criminal activity.” The rules would include “an expedited process to suspend domain names.” Author Mike Palmedo Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at […]
The next negotiating round of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement will be held in Chicago from September 6-15. Negotiators hope to make progress on outstanding issues including intellectual property protection, which has been an area in which negotiators have had trouble reaching agreement. It is rumored that the U.S. will table text on data exclusivity, […]
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