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Monday, July 11 The Economic Contribution of Fair Use to the U.S. Economy: 2011 Cannon Building Caucus Room 12:30pm – 2:00pm Just how valuable is balanced copyright to the economy? How much technology innovation relies on IP flexibility? CCIA breaks down the numbers in the third installment of its study, “Summary of the Economic Contribution […]
The EC has produced a Proposal for a Council Decision recommending against further review of ACTA before it is passed by the European Parliament. The document opens with an explanatory memo noting that “the Commission has opted not to propose that the European Union exercise its potential competence in the area of criminal enforcement pursuant […]
Members of the Senate Finance Committee offered 97 amendments to legislation meant to implement the three bilateral free trade agreements pending in Congress at a “mark mock up” (which was boycotted by Republicans). Sen. Hatch offered 26 amendments to the Korea FTA implementation legislation, including 3 related to IP enforcement. One amendment would require the […]
On June 29, the OECD released a Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making outlining principles meant to guide nations’ policies on the internet, aimed at “ensuring that the Internet remains open and dynamic.” The communiqué emerged out of a “High Level Meeting on the Internet Economy” at which the principles were agreed to by country […]
The Argentinean newspaper Página/12 reported on June 30 that the Argentine Senate unanimously approved the Public Production of Medicines Law. The law’s purpose is to promote access to medicines, vaccines and medical products, and to encourage the scientific and technological development through laboratories of public production (Art. 2). It declares the public research and production […]
Recent U.S. free trade agreements have included language regulating the way in which member countries manage their pharmaceutical drug coverage and reimbursement programs. The U.S.-Australia agreement was the first to such provisions, followed by the U.S.-Korea agreement which expanded upon the language included in the Australia agreement. Currently U.S. Trade Representatives are negotiating the Trans […]
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