TACD
EU-US IPR Enforcement Working Group public meeting in Washington D.C.
Submitted by Malini Aisola on 23. September 2009 - 18:10Today, KEI as a member of the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) participated in a meeting of the EU-US IPR Enforcement Working Group in Washington DC. Attendees included several government and industry representatives, and only a handful of civil society participants.
The agenda addressed several IPR enforcement topics such as ACTA, seizure of generic medicines in transit, WHO Resolution WHA 61.21, climate change, customs regulations and country/region specific issues.
TACD issues resolution on IPR enforcement
Submitted by James Love on 19. June 2009 - 6:07On June 18, 2009, The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) issued a 2,000 word resolution on the enforcement of copyright, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights. The resolution is on the TACD web page here. A press release from the TACD IP-Working Group, with comments from several TACD members, is available on the web here.
DG Trade and DG Customs Union reply to TACD on Seizures of Medicines in Transit
Submitted by James Love on 24. March 2009 - 3:47The European Commissioners for External Trade and for Taxation and Customs Union have replied to TACD in a letter available here:
Dear All,
Jan 12-13, 2009. Patents, Copyrights and Knowledge Governance, the next four years
Submitted by Staff on 11. January 2009 - 23:00TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue, Washington, DC.
The TACD conference on Patents, Copyrights and Knowledge Governance: the next fours years is going to be held on January 12-13th, 2009 in Washington, DC.
Venue: Carnegie Institution of Washington • 1530 P Street NW • Washington, DC 20005
The event is free and is now open for registrations on the TACD website: http://www.tacd.org/events/patents_2009.htm
