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IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP European Commission Publishes Synthesis of Comments Received on IPR Enforcement Directive The EC has published a 22 page synthesis of the 380 comments it received it received on the “Report on the Application of Directive 2004/48/EC on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights.” Roughly half of the comments came from consumers or individuals, […]
The EC has published a 22 page “synthesis” of the 380 comments it received on the Report on the Application of Directive 2004/48/EC on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. Roughly half of the comments came from consumers or individuals, and roughly a quarter of the comments came from rightholders. Regarding IP in the digital […]
Associations representing content owners have announced an agreement with ISPs to establish a “common framework of ‘best practices’ to effectively alert subscribers, protect copyrighted content and promote access to legal online content.” A fact sheet from the newly created Center for Copyright Information provides more details. Upon notification that an internet subscriber’s account is […]
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe has warned against the inclusion of TRIPS-Plus provisions in the EU-India Free Trade Agreement that would jeopardize the continued manufacture and export of generic medicines. India currently produces the majority of antiretrovirals used in the developing world. “India should resist removing any flexibility because any trade agreement which could lead […]
A group of intellectual property professors (around 90 as of this writing) led by Mark Lemley, David S. Levine, and David G. Post have delivered a letter to Congress urging rejection of the PROTECT-IP Act of 2011 (S. 968). The professors stress that the bill’s drawbacks outweigh its benefits in terms of the way in […]
IP-Enforcement Roundup Civil Society Groups Oppose IP Enforcement Provisions of New OECD Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making On June 29, the OECD released a Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making, a document aimed at “ensuring that the Internet remains open and dynamic.” The communiqué emerged out of a “High Level Meeting on the Internet […]
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