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The East African Standard has reported that Anand Grover, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Anand Grover will “intervene as an interested party to support the constitutional principles of access to essential medicines” in a court case against the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeiting bill. Health advocates have warned that the bill contains loose definitions of […]
IP-ENFORCMENT ROUNDUP European Commission seeks comments on the Application of its IP Enforcement Directive The European Commission has released a report and a working paper on the implementation of EU Directive 2004/48/EC on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. It is seeking feedback from the public on these documents by March 31. The report and […]
The Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus is holding its 2011 “State of the Net Conference” on January 18 and 19 in Washington, D.C. The industry-sponsored event will include keynote addresses by Representatives Blackburn and Goodlatte, Department of Commerce General Counsel Cameron Kerry, and Immigration & Customs Enforcement Director John Morten. Panels at the […]
Inside U.S. trade reports that the U.S. wants more time to consult with stakeholders before tabling text for the intellectual property chapter of the Trans Pacific Partnership. A USTR official quoted in the story referred to “very wide” differences in opinion on IP matters, especially those relating to the 2007 compromise on IP and Health […]
Against the odds, the government of the recently-elected Brazilian President Dilma Roussef didn´t start well for the critics of the Brazilian copyright law and activists of the movement on access to knowledge, who highlights the need to enforce exceptions and limitations on intellectual property, mostly the ones that are already properly foreseen on international agreements. […]
A gathering of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) Global Academy will be convened by the Information Society Project (Yale) on January 18-19, 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. The A2K Global Academy is a network of academic centers dedicated to research, education, and policy analysis promoting access to knowledge. Author Marilia Maciel
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