Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Canada’s Bid to Join TPP Threatens Access for Blind, Print Disabled [by Sara Bannerman] There is a danger that, in Canada’s quest to join the TPP, Canada may cede...
Read MoreLast week, more European government officials signaled that they would refuse or delay ratification of the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a news conference that Poland would not move...
Read MoreThe Spanish Supreme Court has agreed to review the Sinde Law, which the Association of Web Users has challenged as unconstitutional. The Sinde Law creates a government commission to review allegations of copyright infringement,...
Read MoreGermany has postponed its signing of the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement. Bloomberg reports that “Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger is at odds with lawmakers from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest ACTA Opposition from Thousands of Protestors, European Parliament President, German Justice Minister, and Amnesty International Last weekend, thousands of...
Read MoreComments received by the U.S. Trade Representative for the 2012 Special 301 Report have been posted online at regulations.gov This year, USTR received 41 comments from groups or individuals. Of these, 28 came from businesses,...
Read MoreTrade officials from the EU and India are meeting today to continue negotiations of a free trade agreement, which they hope to complete by the end of the year. The European Union is seeking to include TRIPS-Plus patent and data...
Read MoreToday, Representative Mike Doyle introduced H.R. 4004 – the Federal Research Public Access Act. The legislation would require Federal Agencies to collect digital copies of peer-reviewed journal articles that result from...
Read More100 civil society groups and academics have asked the World Intellectual Property Organization to postpone an upcoming Africa IP Forum it is co-organizing with IP-owning firms, their trade associations, and developed country...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Whitehouse Posts Comments Received on Public Access to Digital Data and Peer Reviewed Articles The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently...
Read MoreThe White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently issued two separate Requests for Information on public access to the output of federally funded research – one regarding scholarly publications and one regarding...
Read MoreParamount’s Vice President for Worldwide Content Protection & Outreach has sent letters to university professors regarding the SOPA/PIPA backlash, asking if the company can give presentations and hold the discussions...
Read MoreThe BBC reports that there are over 100 protests scheduled against the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) this week, including coordinated actions on Saturday, February 11. To date, over 1.75 million people have signed a...
Read MoreAmersterdam University Press has published Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age, by Philippe Aigrain – CEO of the Society for Public Information Spaces and one of the founders of La Quadrature du Net. It is...
Read MoreOn January 26, the European Union signed the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement, prompting protests both online and in the streets, as well as the resignation of the EU Special Rapporteur for ACTA, Kader Arif. On January 30, EC...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup – January 30 Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Public Interest Organizations Address Negotiation of Trans Pacific Partnershp in Los Angeles This week, Trans Pacific Partnership negotiators are...
Read MoreThe European Union signed the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement on January 26, but the treaty will require ratification from the EU Parliament before it enters into force, and ratification is not guaranteed. Parliament will...
Read MoreThe Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the release of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, a clear and easy-to-use statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest SOPA and PIPA Derailed by Popular Objection; Opponents Point to ACTA Support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) collapsed last...
Read MoreThe Indian pharmaceutical company Natco has applied for a compulsory license for sorafenib, an anticancer drug sold by Bayer under the brand name Nexavar. The price charged by Bayer is Rs 2,80,428 per month (USD 5,600), a price...
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