Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held a markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) to debate over 55 amendments to the legislation. A Managers Amendment was released by the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Smith before the...
Read MoreInside U.S. Trade reports that Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Jose Luis Silva rejects the U.S. proposal for intellectual property, saying “Peru does not want to go farther than what it has agreed in the...
Read MoreMembers of the House Judiciary Committee have brought up concerns that SOPA will undermine the security and functioning of the internet in their opening statements at today’s markup of the bill. They also cautioned...
Read MoreThe markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) has begun, and over 55 amendments have been proposed to the bill. Over the next two days, the House Judiciary Committee will debate each of them. There is an Amendments...
Read MoreTomorrow the House Judiciary Committee will vote on HR 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which would give intellectual property right holders and the Department of Justice new weapons to use against websites that host infringing...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Legal Scholars Release Critical Analysis of U.S. Proposals for Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Chapters of the Trans Pacific Partnership A report...
Read MoreRep. Darrell Issa has posted the text of the Online Protection & Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (the OPEN Act) on an interactive webpage – http://keepthewebopen.com/ – that allows people to comment on the text. The...
Read MoreAs trade negotiators meet in Malaysia for further talks on the Trans Pacific Partnership, a number of reports and statements have been released on the impact of the intellectual property provisions proposed by the United...
Read MoreThe UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently announced the creation of a portal that “presents a current snapshot of the status of Open Access (OA) to scientific information around the world....
Read MoreThanks to Alex Dent for his persistence in requesting the transcript of last March’s Special 301 Hearing, which is available at http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/3156. Last year’s transcript is available at...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Civil Society Writes WIPO, Expresses Concerns with IP Enforcement Work 45 civil society groups have written WIPO Director General Francis Gurry regarding the...
Read MoreSenators Cantwell, Moran, Warner and Wyden, and Representatives Chaffetz, Campbell, Doggett, Eshoo and Lofgren have released a discussion document summarizing IP legislation they are currently drafting to serve as an alternative...
Read MoreWIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) has completed a two-week session with progress in two areas in which advocates are seeking international agreements on limitations and exceptions to copyright. The...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest European Court of Justice: ISPs Cannot Be Forced to Block Infringing Content on P2P Sites In 2007, Belgian internet service provider Scarlet Extended was ordered...
Read MoreThe Indian Supreme Court will hear arguments in Novartis v Union of India on November 29. The case centers around section 3(D) of India’s patents act, which prohibits the patenting of a “new form of a known...
Read MoreThe Stop Online Piracy Act is scheduled for markup in the House Judiciary Committee on December 15. An aide to Rep. Lamar Smith (sponsor of the bill and chairman of the committee) told the Washington Post “He is open to...
Read MoreWIPO’s 23rd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is taking place in Geneva November 22 – December 2. The session is debating a treaty on limitations and exceptions on libraries and archives;...
Read MoreIn 2007, Belgian internet service provider Scarlet Extended was ordered to install a filtering system to detect and block the sharing of files that violated copyrights managed by SABAM (a collection society). The case was...
Read MoreThe International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development has published a new issue paper, The Influence of Preferential Trade Agreements on the Implementation of Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries, by...
Read MoreInfojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Draft Analysis of U.S. TPP Proposals for Intellectual Property and Pharmaceuticals, Open for Comment A joint analysis of the leaked U.S. proposals for...
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