Support for the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT-IP Act collapsed last week in the face of massive public outcry and a January 18 internet blackout. Google reported that millions people signed its petition against the...
Read MoreI have previously shared the American Assembly’s survey on copyright infringement and enforcement, but since it is relevant to the SOPA/PIPA debate, I would like to point to some of its findings once more. While much has been...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Opposition to SOPA and the PROTECT-IP Takes Effect; SOPA Appears Stalled in the House On January 12, PROTECT-IP Sponsor Sen. Leahy released a statement saying he...
Read MoreOpposition is growing to the recently-introduced Research Works Act, recently introduced by Reps. Issa and Maloney, which would prevent federal agencies from requiring that peer-reviewed literature funded by their grants be made...
Read MoreToday Rep. Lamar Smith Announced he will remove the DNS blocking provisions in the Stop Online Piracy Act. His statement: “After consultation with industry groups across the country, I feel we should remove Domain Name...
Read MoreOn December 30, Spain’s new Popular Party government announced the implementation of the “Sinde Law,” which allows a government agency to order the takedown of websites based on allegations of intellectual...
Read MoreOn December 19, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee voted to make the EU Legal Service Opinion on ACTA publicly available. [Click here for the full Opinion]. At the subsequent hearing on ACTA, Swedish Pirate Party...
Read MoreRep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has announced a January 18 hearing to “examine the potential impact of Domain Name Service (DNS) and search engine blocking on American...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Reps. Issa and Maloney Introduce Bill Threatening Open Access Research The Research Works Act (H.R.3699) introduced by Reps. Issa and Maloney would prohibit...
Read MoreThe Research Works Act (H.R.3699) introduced by Reps. Issa and Maloney would prohibit federal agencies that give grants from requiring that grant-funded research be made freely available online. Section 2 of the bill reads: “No...
Read MoreThe Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is seeking comments on whether it should join the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. Its notice asks for input on a range of topics, including “Views...
Read MoreOn December 28, USTR published a request comments in the Federal Register for the 2012 Special 301 Report, its annual report which identifies countries that “deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Spain Implements Website-Blocking ‘Sinde Law’ Spain’s newly elected Popular Party has implemented the controversial Law for Economic Sustainability...
Read MoreSpain’s newly elected Popular Party has implemented the controversial Law for Economic Sustainability (informally known as the “Sinde law” after outgoing Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde). Under the Sinde Law,...
Read MoreThe Brazilian Instituto nacional da Propriedade Industrial announced it will fast track its decision on whether or not to grant patents on the heat-stablized versions of lopinavir+ritonavir (brand names: Kaletra, Aluvia) and...
Read MoreIn a blog post on the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure website, Ante Wessells describes the committee’s discussion of ACTA. MEP Marielle Gallo (Rapporteur for ACTA) argued that the agreement is compatible with...
Read MoreYesterday the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a report on its review of Notorious Markets, in which it “identifies selected markets, including ones on the Internet, that are reportedly engaged in piracy and...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Stop Online Piracy Act Markup to Continue Wednesday; Committee Members Seek Input from Security Experts Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held a markup of...
Read MoreSwiss Member of Parliament Hildegard Fässler-Osterwalder has asked the Swiss government for clarification and official positioning regarding the data protection issue in the European Free Trade Association-India FTA. She notes...
Read MoreThe European Parliament’s Legal Service released its opinion on ACTA to the public today, and tomorrow the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs will discuss ACTA. The hearing will be streamed live. In advance of...
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