This timeline provides copies of official documents not published before about the U.S. pressures in the Dominican Republic during the congressional debates that led to the adoption of the TRIPS-implementing legislation Law 20-00. These documents were obtained via FOIA requests.… Continue Reading
HOUSE REPORT NO. 96-1307 (Part II), SEPT. 23, 1980 Additional views of Honorable Jack Brooks The major problem I have with H.R. 6933 is that it violates a basic provision of the unwritten contract between the citizens of this country… Continue Reading
PhRMA’s Special 301 submissions are part of a yearly ritual to shape the “Special 301” Report, an annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement, conducted by the Office of the United States Trade… Continue Reading
(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on February 26, 2019) On February 22, 2019, KEI submitted comments to the Federal Register notice 84 FR 2555 on the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Virus-Like Particles Vaccines… Continue Reading
(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on March 11, 2019) On February 22, 2019, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), Public Citizen, Social Security Works (SSW) and the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment (UACT) jointly submitted comments to the… Continue Reading
On 8 February 2019, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a submission (IP/C/W/652) by Australia; Canada; Chile; The European Union; Hong Kong, China; Japan; the Republic of Korea; Singapore; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; and the United States to the TRIPS Council… Continue Reading
On 18 December 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a “Technical report on Pricing of cancer medicines and its impacts” (hereinafter referred to as the “WHO Cancer Report”). The mandate for the WHO Cancer Report emanates from operative paragraph… Continue Reading
Organizations Flyers Rights, the largest airline passenger non-profit organization, with over 60,000 members, that has intensively worked on the issue of legroom – including petitioning before the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). News Articles 2018. September 14. Kendall Creighton. A La Plane. FlyersRight 2018.… Continue Reading
DATE: December 10, 2018 Intent to Testify and Testimony Summary/Comments on Negotiating Objectives for a U.S.-European Union Trade Agreement (USEUTA) Luis Gil Abinader. Knowledge Ecology International 1621 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20009. Phone number +1.202.332.2670. Federal Register… Continue Reading
Below you will find the daily calendars of US Trade Representative Michael Froman from 2013 to 2016. These schedules were obtained by KEI via FOIA request to USTR. 2013 Calendar USTR Michael Froman 2014 Calendar USTR Michael Froman 2015 Calendar… Continue Reading