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Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual property

2011

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Public Interest Analysis Of The Us Tpp Proposal For An Ip Chapter, Sean Flynn, Margot E. Kaminski, Brook K. Baker, Jimmy H. Koo Dec 2011

Public Interest Analysis Of The Us Tpp Proposal For An Ip Chapter, Sean Flynn, Margot E. Kaminski, Brook K. Baker, Jimmy H. Koo

Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series

This briefing paper provides preliminary analysis of two leaked U.S. proposals for an intellectual property chapter in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. The U.S. proposal, if adopted, would create the highest intellectual property protection and enforcement standards in any free trade agreement to date. Its provisions are primarily based on, and frequently go beyond, the maximalist and controversial standards of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and US law, while negating the development-oriented flexibilities required by the 2007 New Trade Deal for developing countries and included in the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement. If adopted, …


Acta And Access To Medicines, Sean Flynn, Bijan Madhani Oct 2011

Acta And Access To Medicines, Sean Flynn, Bijan Madhani

Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series

The Greens/EFA Internet Core Group in the European Parliament, and a collection of its individual members, commissioned this analysis of potential impacts of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on access to medicines in developing countries.” On the whole, ACTA negotiators created an agreement that shifts international “hard law” rules and “soft law” encouragements toward making enforcement of intellectual property rights in courts, at borders, by the government and by private parties easier, less costly, and more “deterrent” in the level of penalties. In doing so, it increases the risks and consequences of wrongful searches, seizures, lawsuits and other enforcement actions …


Book Review: Gene Patents And Collaborative Licensing Models: Patent Pools, Clearinghouses, Open Source Models And Liability Regimes (Ed. Geertrui Van Overwalle), Jonas Anderson Mar 2011

Book Review: Gene Patents And Collaborative Licensing Models: Patent Pools, Clearinghouses, Open Source Models And Liability Regimes (Ed. Geertrui Van Overwalle), Jonas Anderson

Book Reviews

A review of Gene Patents and Collaborative Licensing Models: Patent Pools, Clearinghouses, Open Source Models and Liability Regimes.


Acta's State Of Play: Looking Beyond Transparency, Michael Geist Jan 2011

Acta's State Of Play: Looking Beyond Transparency, Michael Geist

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights By Diminishing Privacy: How The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Jeopardizes The Right To Privacy , Alberto J. Cerda Silva Jan 2011

Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights By Diminishing Privacy: How The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Jeopardizes The Right To Privacy , Alberto J. Cerda Silva

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Trade Agreement Creating Barriers To International Trade?: Acta Border Measures And Goods In Transit , Henning Grosse Ruse - Khan Jan 2011

A Trade Agreement Creating Barriers To International Trade?: Acta Border Measures And Goods In Transit , Henning Grosse Ruse - Khan

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Collateral Damage: The Impact Of Acta And The Enforcement Agenda On The World's Poorest People , Andrew Rens Jan 2011

Collateral Damage: The Impact Of Acta And The Enforcement Agenda On The World's Poorest People , Andrew Rens

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Acta - Risks Of Third-Party Enforcement For Access To Medinces, Brook K. Baker Jan 2011

Acta - Risks Of Third-Party Enforcement For Access To Medinces, Brook K. Baker

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Acta As A New Kind Of International Ip Lawmaking, Kimberlee Weatherall Jan 2011

Acta As A New Kind Of International Ip Lawmaking, Kimberlee Weatherall

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.