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New leaked Merck missive reveals deep drug, medical device company opposition to South African patent reforms

Posted on January 20, 2014 by James Love

2014: KEI testimony on WIPO broadcasting treaty, to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and Internet

Posted on January 14, 2014 by James Love

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

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Fast track trade bill fails to correct asymmetric secrecy of trade negotiations

Posted on January 10, 2014 by James Love

Today Senators Bacus and Hatch introduced fast track legislation in the Senate. The words transparent or transparency appear 17 times in the 107 page bill, but only twice in connection with “Trade Institution Transparency.”

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USPTO 2013 utility patent grants (notes on country of assignment, invention class, government rights in patents)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by James Love

In 2013, the USPTO issued 277,861 utility patents, a new record in terms of the numbers of patent grants, and an increase of 9.8 percent over 2012.*

Country of Assignment

Of the total, 126,574 (45.6 percent) were assigned to a US owner, a small increase in the percent held by US entities over 2012.

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Final conclusions, as approved, for meeting of WIPO SCCR 26

Posted on December 22, 2013 by James Love

Below is the final version of the conclusions from SCCR 26 (followed at the end with a short KEI commentary).

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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)
Twenty–sixth Session
Geneva, December 20, 2013

Conclusions

Protection of Broadcasting Organizations

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Proposed conclusions to SCCR 26

Posted on December 21, 2013 by James Love

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United States’ Opening Statement on Exceptions and Limitations SCCR 26 December 18, 2013

Posted on December 18, 2013 by James Love

This was delivered this morning, by Shira Perlmutter of USPTO.

United States’ Opening Statement on Exceptions and Limitations SCCR 26 December 18, 2013

* The United States starts with the recognition that exceptions and limitations are a critical element of a balanced and vibrant copyright law regime.

* A combination of strong protections for authors, and appropriate exceptions and limitations on their rights, together serve to further copyright’s goals of encouraging creativity, innovation, and learning.

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Michelle K. Lee to become Deputy Director of the USPTO. A very high tech appointment (and that is a good thing)

Posted on December 12, 2013 by James Love

USPTO has issued a press release, announcing the appointment of Michelle K. Lee as Deputy Director of the USPTO, beginning in January 13, 2014. Currently Lee is the Director of the USPTO’s Silicon Valley satellite office. The White House reportedly wanted to appoint Lee as the Director, but may have seen the Deputy position as less controversial. For the near future, Lee will be running the USPTO, and will be the most sophisticated person as regards technology to do so, at least in our memory. According to the USPTO Press Release:
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STATEMENT OF THE MINISTERS AND HEADS OF DELEGATION FOR THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES

Posted on December 10, 2013 by James Love

STATEMENT OF THE MINISTERS AND HEADS OF DELEGATION FOR THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES
December 10, 2013
Singapore

We, the Ministers and Heads of Delegation for Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam, have just completed a four-day Ministerial meeting in Singapore where we have made substantial progress toward completing the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

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Joe Stiglitz writes open letter to TPP negotiators

Posted on December 7, 2013 by James Love

Professor Joseph Stiglitz has written an open letter to the TPP negotiators, asking that they resist proposals to weaken consumer rights in intellectual property. The letter identifies 12 specific “grave risks” in the IP Chapter, and calls upon negotiators to publish the investor state dispute resolution text.

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James K. Glassman. Merck said Glassman’s public relations firm was selected by PhRMA to lead a campaign to keep drug prices high in South Africa. The Health Minister in South Africa referred to the campaign proposal as a genocidal conspiracy of satanic magnitude.

Author: James Love

New leaked Merck missive reveals deep drug, medical device company opposition to South African patent reforms

2014: KEI testimony on WIPO broadcasting treaty, to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and Internet

Fast track trade bill fails to correct asymmetric secrecy of trade negotiations

USPTO 2013 utility patent grants (notes on country of assignment, invention class, government rights in patents)

Final conclusions, as approved, for meeting of WIPO SCCR 26

Proposed conclusions to SCCR 26

United States’ Opening Statement on Exceptions and Limitations SCCR 26 December 18, 2013

Michelle K. Lee to become Deputy Director of the USPTO. A very high tech appointment (and that is a good thing)

STATEMENT OF THE MINISTERS AND HEADS OF DELEGATION FOR THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES

Joe Stiglitz writes open letter to TPP negotiators

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