Obama Administration Lock(e)s And Loads Against Movie Piracy 22/04/2009 by Liza Porteus Viana, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama administration will fight for the movie industry and work to aggressively enforce its intellectual property protections both at home and abroad, United States Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said here Tuesday.
Trust A Missing Ingredient In Global IP Enforcement Policy 21/04/2009 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment When it comes to intellectual property rights enforcement, developed country rights owners and their governments continue to puzzle over how to get the rest of the world’s economies to drink from the trough now that they have brought them there. One approach that may regain interest is combining the all-out war on piracy with efforts to build greater trust in the enforcement system.
Stronger IP Enforcement Finds A Home In Bilateral Trade Agreements 21/04/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Bilateral free trade agreements can have a profound effect on national intellectual property legislation, and a Thursday panel offered countries a deeper understanding of the stronger enforcement provisions typically found in such agreements.
Judge Rules No Webcasts Of Tenenbaum Case 21/04/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Music companies suing music downloader Joel Tenenbaum of Harvard University for copyright infringement won the right to block webcasts of the court proceedings, according to a copy of the opinion available here. The case has attracted national attention for its challenge to the unpopular music industry practice of suing citizens for unauthorised content downloading. Music […]
IP Private Sector Tests Relevance Of International Policy Organisations 20/04/2009 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND – In an age when private sector interests are arguably returning to dominance in intellectual property policy debates, two key global policy bodies are being pushed to show their relevance.
Farmers, Politicians, Free Software Fans Demonstrate Against Patents 18/04/2009 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Farmers’ associations, environmental, aid and development organisations together with anti-patent activists of the free software movement met this week for one of the largest anti-patent rallies in Munich.
Speakers Discuss Technology Transfer For Climate Change; Within Academic Settings 17/04/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Evidence-based policymaking is essential to combat climate change, and ensure the transfer of climate-change-related technology, said a members of a panel held at the World Intellectual Property Organization. But it can be hard to determine where to find that evidence.
The ACTA Threat To The Future Of WIPO 14/04/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch 25 Comments Developing countries would do well to demand a place at the table as negotiations for an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement undermine the multilateral approach to intellectual property policy making, argues Michael Geist.
Surprise Rejection Of French HADOPI Bill 09/04/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment In an unexpected turn of events, the French HADOPI legislation on the diffusion and protection of works on the internet was rejected by the French National Assembly Thursday by a vote of 21 to 15. This was expected to be the final ratification of the law, already approved by the French Senate and a first […]
Officials Working Informally Toward May Consensus On Avian Flu Preparedness 08/04/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment An informal meeting last week brought together interested parties from different regional groups, as well as representatives from vaccine manufacturers, as a part of a process to resolve contentious issues on pandemic influenza preparedness remaining from the last formal meeting in December.