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USTR Posts Comments Recieved from Special 301 Out of Cycle Review

This year, USTR conducted an Out of Cycle Review of intellectual property practices in Thailand and the Philippines. Both countries have come under pressure from the US over issues surrounding IP and access to medicines. To view the comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov and enter the keyword “USTR-2010-0035” Comments were received from: Author Mike Palmedo

Notes from meeting with USTR on the TPP IPR chapter

KEI Director James Love has posted notes from a meeting with USTR officials on the Trans Pacific Partnership, the first FTA negotiated by the Obama administration. The notes were originally posted to the A2K email list, moderated by Knowledge Ecology International.] A link and excerpt: http://lists.keionline.org/pipermail/a2k_lists.keionline.org/2010-December/000327.html Author Mike Palmedo

New Ars Technica Story on Open Access Publishing

John Timmer has a new story in Ars Technica on “Scitable:” “Scitable aims to provide online, open access educational materials in the sciences. Anyone can browse the content or follow predefined courses, currently limited to the life sciences. But one thing that you won’t generally spot is ads. Can a resource like this stay free […]

Heather Morrison: "Dramatic Growth of Open Access"

In her blog, the “Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics,” Heather Morrison reports that the Directory of Open Access Journals now has 5,864 titles, up from under 2,000 in December of 2005. Full story: http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/ Author Mike Palmedo

Final Text After Legal Verification, Released by Australia on December 3, 2010

Final Text After Legal Verification, Released by Australia on December 3, 2010 Author Mike Palmedo Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an […]

Final Text After Legal Verification, Released by Australia on December 3, 2010

Final Text After Legal Verification, Released by Australia on December 3, 2010 Author Mike Palmedo Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an […]