Month: May 2023

KEI Statement – US Copyright Office Listening Session on AI and Copyright

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On May 31, 2023, the US Copyright Office hosted a listening session on artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright. Below are notes from KEI’s oral statement. Copyright Office Listening Session on AI and Copyright KEI Statement May 31, 2023 My name…

KEI Testimony regarding the opportunities to use differential USPTO fees to achieve additional social objectives

Posted on by James Love

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KEI-USPTO-fees18may2023 Testimony of James Love Representing Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) regarding the opportunities to use differential USPTO fees to achieve additional social objectives USPTO Patent Public Advisory Committee Public Hearing on the Proposed Patent Fee Schedule May 18, 2023 Introduction…

3 NGOs and 7 experts write FDA to support citizens petition to ban music in audiovisual ads when risks are presented

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In 2020, KEI filed a citizens petition with the FDA, asking for a rule banning the use of background music during the presentation of the risks in direct to consumer drug advertising. The 2020 KEI petition is here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2020-P-1725-0001 The…

FTC asked to use its advocacy role in the Xtandi case

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) mission “is protecting the public from deceptive or unfair business practices and from unfair methods of competition through law enforcement, advocacy, research, and education.” https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/mission The advocacy role of the FTC includes to “Advance…

NGO Letter to Biden Administration in Support of Xtandi Appeal

Posted on by Claire Cassedy

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Today, eight non-governmental organizations sent the Biden Administration a letter of support for the administrative appeal of the request for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to use its rights in the patents on the prostate cancer drug…