Statement of KEI on announcement that there is a consensus on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement
October 5, 2015, 10am, EST
These comments by James Love, KEI Director
On Monday, 5 October 2015, Brazil delivered the following opening statement on behalf of the Group of Latin and the Caribbean Group (GRULAC) at the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) General Assembly.
Statement Delivered by the Delegation of Brazil on behalf of GRULAC“Mr President,
1. I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the Latin American and the Caribbean Group (GRULAC).
Senator Bernie Sanders proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions
This is a video by Zack Struver about Senator Bernie Sander’s proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions. The video discusses both the proposal by Senator Sanders to give the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs the authority to use compulsory licenses on patents on medical inventions, including drugs, and the history of “government use” provisions in current U.S. statutes, including 28 U.S.C. 1498, which Sanders proposes modifying.
Senator Bernie Sanders proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions
This is a video by Zack Struver about Senator Bernie Sander’s proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions. The video discusses both the proposal by Senator Sanders to give the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs the authority to… Continue Reading
KEI TPP Briefing Note: Conflicts with US legal norms and TPP provisions on IP remedies for infringement
KEI TPP Briefing Note: Conflicts with US legal norms and TPP Article QQ.H.4: {Civil Procedures and Remedies / Civil and Administrative Procedures and Remedies} (*based upon May 11, 2015 TPP negotiating text.
Draft September 9, 2015Five groups ask USTR to protect orphan works in TPP
Five groups, the Authors Alliance, Creative Commons, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) and New Media Rights have written to Ambassador Froman at USTR, asking that the TPP not adopt measures that would prevent the Congress from enacting legislation to limit the remedies for copyright infringement that were proposed by the Register of Copyrights in June 2015, to expand access to orphan copyrighted works.
A copy of the letter is available here:
Knowledge Ecology International Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property
4 August 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Zack Struver
+1 (202) 332-2670
zack.struver@keionline.orgKnowledge Ecology International Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015May 11, 2015 consolidated text of Intellectual Property Chapter for TPP
August 4, 2015. Press Release for initial release of patent and enforcement provisions: Knowledge Ecology International Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property, (PDF)
WTO Trade Policy Review of India- EU, Japan, Switzerland and the US question India over Section 3(d) and Compulsory Licensing
June 2015 – WTO Trade Policy Review of India: Section 3(d) and Compulsory Licensing under the Spotlight
USTR proposals in TPP are in conflict with U.S. Supreme Court decisions on State Sovereign Immunity