Mexican Senate Urges President to Suspend ACTA Negotiations
Today, the Mexican Senate approved unanimously a resolution urging the President to suspend the ACTA negotiations based on public interest concerns.
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The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Innovation Inducement Prizes
On December 19, 2007, the The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 was enacted as Public Law 110-140. The Act created two new innovation inducement prizes to stimulate innovation in the field of energy:
- The H-Prize, which is designed to advance the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of hydrogen energy technologies.
- The Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prizes, which deal with energy efficient solid state lighting.
Compulsory licensing of patents under United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007
The following are excerpts from 42 USC 17231, enacted as part of the United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–140, DEC. 19, 2007) as part of a larger program of federal subsidies in the field of energy, the Congress has created a system of compulsory licenses of patents, designed specifically to:
Timeline of privileges regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge. Part 1: before 1980
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Timeline of privileged regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge
Statement of Brazil to the 48th General Assembly of WIPO, September 2010
The Permanent Representative of Brazil, Roberto Azevedo, delivered the following statement to the 48th session of the WIPO General Assembly. The intervention was delivered in Portuguese; below is the English translation.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF WIPO
SEPTEMBER 2010
Statement Delivered by the Permanent Representative of Brazil, Ambassador Roberto Azevedo
Mr. Chairman,
Let me start by congratulating you on the excellent job you have been doing in conducting the work of WIPO’s General Assembly.
Why does the Obama Administration insist on secrecy of the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) text?
Civil law injunctions and damages for infringement are national security hot spots 4% (10 votes) ACTA negotiators don’t want people asking informed questions about the substance of the agreement 69% (191 votes) No one in the Administration cares enough about… Continue Reading
Timeline of privileges regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge. Part 3: 2000 and after
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This is work in progress, and is part of a larger project on timelines. This particular timeline is unfinished, and may contain errors.
Timeline of privileged regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge
The 18 uses of “at least” in the ACTA text
In looking at the scope issues, it might be helpful to examine the 18 places where the August 25, 2010 version of the ACTA text uses the term, “at least.”
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ARTICLE 2.x: GENERAL OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENFORCEMENT
2.X.2
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Gary Locke and Microsoft
The U.S. Department of Commerce has been given a high profile role in intellectual property policies in the Obama Administration. The Department is headed by Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. Locke is the best known as the former two term governor of the State of Washington. After leaving the government, he has also been a lawyer and consultant, including to Microsoft. Here are a few data points on that relationship.
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WIPO Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain (released May 2010)In May 2010 the WIPO Secretariat published a paper entitled “WIPO Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain” prepared by Professor Séverine Dusollier (Professor, University of Namur, Belgium). This study was produced as an output of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property’s (CDIP) thematic project on intellectual property and the public domain which is predicated upon Recommendations 16 and 20 of the Development Agenda. |