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U.S. State Legislators Call for Halt of Trade Restrictions on Pharmaceutical Pricing

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 […]

January 24, 2011

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 […]

Publishers of medical journals are restricting free access to researchers in developing countries

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 […]

Brazilian Ministry of Culture removes Creative Commons licenses from its website

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

Notes from the Seventh Annual State of the Net Conference

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 […]

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 identifies the most critical aspects of ACTA and shows how it clashes both with EU law and with the enforcement provisions of the TRIPS […]