Knowledge Ecology International

Access to Orphan Works, and ACTA provisions on damages
KEI Policy Brief 2010: 1
20 October 2010

Introduction

Copyright is a term that in the United States describes the laws that regulate the use and distribution of “original works of authorship.” The types of activities and expressions protected by copyright have expanded over the years, particularly due to technology, but also due to the lobbying by various interested parties. The current systems of registration of copyrighted works in the United includes the following catagories:

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Senators Bernie Sanders and Sherrod Brown

On October 19, 2010, Senators Bernard Sanders (I-VT) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have written to David Kappos, the Director of the USPTO, asking for an assessment of conflicts between the October 2010 ACTA text, and U.S. law. Continue Reading →

In June of 2010, KEI was informed that representatives from the the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had recently attended a summit in India on the issue of counterfeited and spurious medicines organized by the Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM), a US-based organization with clear links to pharmaceutical corporate interests.

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STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS
15th Session
(Geneva, 11 to 15 October 2010)

Statement by the EU and its Member States on the preliminary study on standards and patents (SCP/13/2)

Mr. Chairman,

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14 October 2010
Day 4 of the 15th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP 15)

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13 October 2010
Group B proposal on Future Work

KEI statement on Exclusions from Patentable Subject Matter and Exceptions and Limitations to the Rights
SCP 15
13 October 2010

SCP 15
General Statement of Knowledge Ecology International
12 October 2010