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Notes on the 2011 Special 301 Hearing

On March 2, the interagency Special 301 Subcommittee held a hearing to solicit input for this year’s report. Assistant USTR for Intellectual Property Stan McCoy opened the hearing, saying that it is the subcommittee’s job to make recommendations for what countries to include in the report, and that they would accept post-hearing comments until March […]

February 28, 2011

IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP Administrative Note – PIJIP is discontinuing our Google group of press contacts interested in IP Enforcement news, and migrating the email addresses to this new email list “IP-ENFORCE-NEWS.” You will still receive the weekly IP Enforcement Roundup. New Zealand and Chile proposals for Trans Pacific Partnership IP chapters leaked The New Zealand and […]

Speakers and Panelists for the March 2 Hearing on Special 301

On Wednesday, the interagency committee headed by USTR that writes the Special 301 Report will hold a public hearing for stakeholders to provide input. The list of speakers includes four country representatives, four right holder groups/firms, ten civil society groups, and one organization comprised of US state legislators. The panel includes representatives from USTR as […]

Indian Civil Society and UN Special Rapportuer on the Right to Health Rally Against IP Provisions in EU-India Free Trade Agreement

On March 2, the Asia Pacific Network of Positive People, the Indian Drug Users Network, the Delhi Network of Positive People, and the Cancer Patients AIDS Association will be joined by UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Anand Grover in a rally against the intellectual property provisions in the EU-India FTA, which health […]

IP Chapter Negotiating Text from New Zealand and Chile Leaked.

The New Zealand and Chile proposals for the TPP leaked last week are now available. They are less detailed than other IP chapters in trade agreements with the US, generally upholding TRIPS and concentrating more on cooperation between parties and promoting a balance of rights among stakeholders. The Chilean text includes a provision affirming parties’ […]

WIPO DG Speech at the Blue Sky Conference: Future Directions in Copyright Law

Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia The Future of Copyright I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in this Conference. I commend the Faculty of Law of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the principal organizers of the Conference, Professor Brian Fitzgerald and Ben […]