The following is a letter that was sent on November 3, 2009 to President Obama, asking that the negotiations regarding ACTA be made more transparent. For more background on ACTA and the disputes over transparency, see KEI website on ACTA… Continue Reading
The following is a letter that was sent on November 3, 2009 to President Obama, asking that the negotiations regarding ACTA be made more transparent. For more background on ACTA and the disputes over transparency, see KEI website on ACTA… Continue Reading
In the area of Transparency, KEI works on several different topics, including for example: Norm setting. KEI has advocated access to meeting venues, timely disclosures of negotiating texts, and the use of webcasting of meetings, among other measures. Trade negotiations… Continue Reading
On February 9, 2018, the Trump Administration released a paper by the Counsel of Economic Advisers (CEA) on drug pricing. The paper on pricing was thought to have been led by economist Tomas Philipson, appointed to the CEA by President… Continue Reading
High Level Timelines of privileges regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge Timeline of privileges regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge: Part 1: before 1980 Timeline of privileges regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge: Part 2: 1980 to… Continue Reading
(More on compulsory licensing here.) This is a non-exhaustive set of provisions in US statutes that are used to for non-voluntary use of patented inventions. 28 U.S.C. 1498 – Patent and copyright cases (a) Whenever an invention described in and… Continue Reading
The proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, known as RCEP. RCEP is a massive proposed trade agreement, some see as a rival or alternative to the TransPacific Partnership (TPP). The RCEP currently involves the ten member states of the Association of… Continue Reading
KEI follows a number of negotiations over global norms for knowledge governance. Among the multilateral fora where KEI has been particularly active are the Geneva based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health… Continue Reading
This does not yet have links to the TPP11 negotiations and agreement, after the US left. The May 11, 2015 consolidated text on the Intellectual Property Chapter of the TPP, with country positions. August 4, 2015 Press Release The May… Continue Reading
The governments of the United States, the European Commission, Japan, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Canada, and Mexico are negotiating a trade agreement named the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Despite the name, the agreement is designed to address not… Continue Reading