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USTR – Special 301 Post-Hearing Submission Docket: ustr-2010-0037 PDF Version of Submission Thank you to the subcommittee for allowing this opportunity to submit post-hearing comments for the 2011 Special 301 Report. First, I would like to follow up on the panel’s question about a comment we made in our written report about enforcement measures for […]
[gview file=”http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/RonKirk_SFC_9Mar2011.pdf”] Author Bijan Madhani
New York (March 7 2011)—Today, the Social Science Research Council released the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. Based on three years of work by some thirty-five researchers, Media Piracy in Emerging Economies tells two overarching […]
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP SSRC Releases “Media Piracy in Emerging Economies” Today, the Social Science Research Council released the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. “Media Piracy in Emerging Economies” tells two overarching stories: one tracing the […]
Inside US Trade reports that Stan McCoy says USTR has not ruled out issuing a signing statement with ACTA: “We certainly don’t exclude the idea of issuing some kind of statement in connection with the signing,” McCoy told Inside U.S. Trade on March 4. “As to what specifically it should say, we’re studying all the […]
USTR has published its annual report, compiled with assistance from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Justice, Labor, and State. The report, describes the government’s work to strengthen IP norms and enforcement, including through ACTA and other Free Trade Agreements; through trade preference programs such as the GSP and AGOA; and through […]