Author: James Love
KEI letter to HHS, regarding 3 issues in the TPP
Attached below is a letter KEI sent to Emily Bleimund, Senior Policy Advisor for International Trade for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and several other U.S. trade officials. The letter addresses three issues in the TPP text:
- There is a need for exceptions to exclusive rights in pharmaceutical and biologic drug test data.
- WTO standards for compulsory licenses should not be modified as part of a secret negotiation, or constrained by a 3-step test.
The failed proposed recommendations SCCR/30
The SCCR failed to adopt these recommendations. The dipcom in 2017 recommendations in Item 6 was too strong, and the exceptions recommendations for items 7 and 8 were too weak.
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Proposed Recommendations SCCR/30
Proposed Recommendation Agenda Item 6:
Summary by the Chair, of SCCR 30
Attached is the document the chair distributed as the summary of the week long SCCR 30 meeting. Continue Reading
KEI intervention on education exceptions in SCCR 30
This was presented in the morning in the debate on education copyright exceptions.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
KEI would like to comment on the proposals submitted by the African Group in relation to limitation on remedies for infringement contained in paragraph 22 on page 18 of the document. SCCR/26/4 PROV. DATE: APRIL 15, 2013
http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/en/sccr_26/sccr_26_4_prov.pdf
titled “Access to Educational Materials: Limitation on remedies for infringement.”
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KEI intervention on preservation exceptions at WIPO SCCR 30
This was the KEI intervention at SCCR 30 on the topic of preservation exceptions for libraries and archives.
Preservation is obviously important for everyone, and archiving in general is both a local benefit and to some degree, a global public good.
We want works preserved, and copyright and trade negotiators to sort out the issues regarding access, which will often be context specific.
Every country’s copyright laws should have as a minimum an exception for preservation.
Chairman’s non-paper on copyright exceptions for libraries, archives
This is the document being discussed Thursday at #sccr30
Thanks to John E. Miller for the OCR version. Continue Reading
Iran’s Statement on the limitations and exceptions at WIPO SCCR 30
This is the prepared statement that Iran read on Wed, which was widely praised by access to known advocates.
Iran’s Statement on the limitations and exceptions
WIPO SCCR30,
1 July 2015Mr. Chairman,
The right to science, knowledge and culture is recognized in various basic human rights instruments, such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Discussion papers on definitions, objects of protection, and rights for WIPO broadcast treaty
Attached are the three informal discussion papers distributed at SCCR 29, on the WIPO broadcast treaty. These papers were the product of member state negotiations. They include:
Statement of India at SCCR 30 on WIPO broadcasting treaty
This is from the statement India read today at SCCR 30, on the topic of the broadcast treaty.
India is flexible in supporting the issue of unauthorized live transmission of signal over computer networks provided the broadcasting organization has rights over the content broadcast by it. India alternative proposals submitted at 26th session of SCCR are in complete conformity with the mandate of the 2007 WIPO General Assembly.