Analysis at the intersection of intellectual
property law and the public interest.
On Friday, an organization of state legislators passed a resolution calling on the U.S. to halt the use of trade agreements to enact international disciplines on pharmaceutical pricing programs. The resolution was passed at the winter meeting of the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices, an organization of state legislators that work on health […]
IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP European academics circulate sign-on statement of opinion on ACTA A group of prominent European academics coordinated by Rita Matulionyte and Axel Metzger from the Leibniz University in Hanover has released an opinion on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The opinion shows how ACTA clashes both with EU policy and with the enforcement provisions […]
Large publishers are starting to pull out of the Health InterNetwork for Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), a system for providing free journals to low income countries established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001. Elsevier, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, and Springer recently sent notice to researchers in Bangladesh that they would no longer […]
The Brazilian Ministry of Culture has removed the logo of the Creative Commons license from its website. Since Gilberto Gil was ahead of the Ministry (2003-2008), all the content of the website has been licensed in Creative Commons. Author Marilia Maciel
On January 18, the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus held the Seventh Annual State of the Net Conference to discuss current issues and upcoming legislation in 2011. The event brought together industry groups, consumer groups, and government officials for discussions on a variety of topics including protection of intellectual property online. Videos of […]
A group of prominent European academics coordinated by Rita Matulionyte and Axel Metzger from the Leibniz University in Hanover has released an opinion on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The opinion identifies the most critical aspects of ACTA and shows how it clashes both with EU law and with the enforcement provisions of the TRIPS […]