Analysis at the intersection of intellectual
property law and the public interest.
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP Special 301 and the Enforcement Agenda: Competing Perspectives on U.S. Intellectual Property and Trade Policy. PIJIP hosted a debate between two industry advocates with divergent visions of U.S. trade policy on intellectual property and technology matters. The panelists were Matt Schruers, Vice President for Law & Policy, Computer & Communications Industry Association […]
On April 6,the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet held a hearing this week on the enforcement of IP online. Titled “Promoting Investment and Protecting Commerce Online: Legitimate Sites v. Parasites, Part II,” the hearing aimed to get input on how best to structure legislation similar to last year’s Combating Online […]
Yesterday PIJIP hosted a a debate between two leading industry advocates with divergent visions of U.S. trade policy on intellectual property and technology matters. The panelists were Matt Schruers, Vice President for Law & Policy, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA members include Google, Facebook, Oracle, eBay, NVIDIA, and AMD); and Steve Metalitz, Partner, Michell […]
PIJIP fellow Jimmy Koo has written a section-by-section analysis of the US-proposed intellectual property chapter of the the Trans Pacific Partnership. The document lists each article and compares it to US law, TRIPS, and/or other trade agreements where appropriate. Please send comments to jk3868a@student.american.edu. Click here for the analysis. Author PIJIP
Today, Google’s Vice President and General Counsel Kent Walker testified at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet. The hearing was the second in a series of hearings being held before the introduction of legislation similar to last year’s COICA. Click here for the full text. EXCERPT: Google supports developing effective […]
The CopySouth Research Group, a global of academics formed in 2004 to discuss the impact of copyrights on the global South, has released a series of nine papers prepared for its workshop last June. Says the CSRG: “We turn first to the general issue of cultural flows between the north and the south. Central to […]