Brian Arthur Pomper is a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump.
Mr. Pomper formerly served as chief international trade counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). In that role, he was responsible for advising Chairman Baucus and other members of the Senate Finance Committee on all aspects of the Committee’s international trade and economic agenda.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s (Global Intellectual Property Center) submission (7 February 2014, USTR-2013-0040) to USTR’s 2014 Special 301 expressed the following concerns with South Africa’s draft National Policy on Intellectual Property. The Chamber’s concerns include proposed changes in patentability guidelines and the possible introduction of a robust compulsory licensing framework. The Chamber requested USTR to push South Africa to adopt a “modern term of protection for copyright” (life plus 70).
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The Alliance for Fair Trade with India (AFTI) was created in June 2013, to lobby for “increased action to address the erosion of intellectual property rights (“IPR”) in India.” According to the group, it is “comprised of organizations representing a range of U.S. industries adversely impacted by India’s troubling and frequently discriminatory policies, including manufacturing, agriculture, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and beyond.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s (Global Intellectual Property Center) submission (7 February 2014, USTR-2013-0040) to USTR’s 2014 Special 301 Review requests USTR classify India as a Priority Foreign Country specifically citing concerns over compulsory licensing. The submission noted that India… Continue Reading
The National Association of Manufacturers’s (NAM) submission (7 February 2014, USTR-2013-0040) to USTR’s 2014 Special 301 Review requests that USTR designate India as a Priority Foreign Country citing concerns with India’s actions in multilateral fora including the UNFCCC, WTO and… Continue Reading
News Coverage – 2007
SCCR Special Session 1 (January 17-19, 2007)
Testimony of James Packard Love
Hearing on: The Scope of Copyright Protection
January 14, 2014
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
My 10 page written statement is here: /wp-content/uploads/JamesLove_Testimony.pdf
My 5 minute oral statement follows:
James Packard Love, Opening statement
Hearing on: The Scope of Copyright Protection
January 14, 2014
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
WO/GA/43/13
WIPO General Assembly
Forty-Third (21st Ordinary) Session
Geneva, September 23 to October 2, 2013
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
prepared by the Secretariat
A. PROTECTION OF BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS
It is recalled that the updating of the rights of broadcasting organizations in response to technological developments has been under discussion in all SCCR sessions since 1998, including two special sessions exclusively devoted to that subject in 2007.
WO/GA/40/6
WIPO General Assembly
Fortieth (20th Ordinary) Session
Geneva, September 26 to October 5, 2011
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
prepared by the Secretariat
A. PROTECTION OF BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS
4. It is recalled that the updating of the rights of broadcasting organizations in response to technological developments has been under discussion in all SCCR sessions since 1998, including two special sessions exclusively devoted to that subject in 2007.
WO/GA/34/16
ITEM 17 OF THE CONSOLIDATED AGENDA:
REPORT ON THE SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS
202 Discussions were based on document WO/GA/34/8.
203 Referring to document WO/GA/34/8, the Secretariat summarized the previous discussions and the recommendation from the Second Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).