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The Three-Step Test Revisited: How To Use The Test’S Flexibility In National Copyright Law, Christophe Geiger, Daniel Gervais, Martin Senftleben Dec 2013

The Three-Step Test Revisited: How To Use The Test’S Flexibility In National Copyright Law, Christophe Geiger, Daniel Gervais, Martin Senftleben

Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series

The first version of the three-step test emerged at the 1967 Stockholm Conference for the Revision of the Berne Convention. With the inclusion of versions of the test in the TRIPS Agreement of April 1994, the two WIPO “Internet” treaties of December 1996, the more recent Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances of June 24, 2012, and the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (VIP Treaty) of June 27, 2013, the test has taken on the central function of allowing and enabling tailor-made solutions at the national level. …


Intellectual Property Reform In Colombia: Future Colombian Copyright Legislation Must Not Place Overly Restrictive Burdens On Internet Service Providers That Unnecessarily Restrict Access To Information And Freedom Of Expression Of The People Of Colombia, Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, Andrés Izquierdo, Fundación Karisma, Bogotá, Colombia Jul 2013

Intellectual Property Reform In Colombia: Future Colombian Copyright Legislation Must Not Place Overly Restrictive Burdens On Internet Service Providers That Unnecessarily Restrict Access To Information And Freedom Of Expression Of The People Of Colombia, Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, Andrés Izquierdo, Fundación Karisma, Bogotá, Colombia

Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.


Intellectual Property Reform In Colombia: The Colombian Legislature Must Consider Local And International Conventions And Pass Balanced Copyright Legislation That Preserves The Fundamental Rights Of All Colombians, Glushko-Samuelson Intellectaul Property Clinic, Andrés Izquierdo, Fundación Karisma, Bogotá, Colombia Jun 2013

Intellectual Property Reform In Colombia: The Colombian Legislature Must Consider Local And International Conventions And Pass Balanced Copyright Legislation That Preserves The Fundamental Rights Of All Colombians, Glushko-Samuelson Intellectaul Property Clinic, Andrés Izquierdo, Fundación Karisma, Bogotá, Colombia

Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.


The China Syndrome: The International Trade Commission’S Rising Importance For Enforcing International Trade Secret Violations, Jonathan R. K. Stroud May 2013

The China Syndrome: The International Trade Commission’S Rising Importance For Enforcing International Trade Secret Violations, Jonathan R. K. Stroud

Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Reprinted with permission of FDLI


Corporate Power Unbound: Investor-State Arbitration Of Ip Monopolies On Medicines – Eli Lilly And The Tpp, Brook K. Baker May 2013

Corporate Power Unbound: Investor-State Arbitration Of Ip Monopolies On Medicines – Eli Lilly And The Tpp, Brook K. Baker

Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series

Free trade agreements (FTAs) and bilateral investment treaties (BITs) typically contain investment clauses designed to attract direct foreign investment and protect the interests of foreign investors. In addition to defining foreign investment that are entitled to protection, investment clauses typically allow for investor-state dispute resolution, which allows a foreign investor to launch arbitral proceeding directly against the offending government before a private panel of trade lawyers. This paper focuses first on a pro-investor draft investment chapter in an ongoing regional trade negotiation – the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) - and second on the first investor-state arbitral claim ever by a …


Discovery Without Limits? Obligation To Provide Discovery For Products Under Development At The International Trade Commission, Julia V. Svintsova Jan 2013

Discovery Without Limits? Obligation To Provide Discovery For Products Under Development At The International Trade Commission, Julia V. Svintsova

American University Business Law Review

No abstract provided.


Critical Legal Histories In Eu Law, Fernanda Nicola Jan 2013

Critical Legal Histories In Eu Law, Fernanda Nicola

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

INTRODUCTION: A workshop aiming to narrate the history of EU Law took place in November 2012 at a critical time for the very existence of the Union and its role as a global actor.' On the one hand, the current financial crisis is weakening some of the foundations and values that, in the last sixty years, EU lawyers, judges, and scholars have relied on. On the other hand, the U.S. government is pursuing a Transatlantic Free Trade and Investment Agreement with the EU, aimed at creating a Western bloc to resist the rising Chinese power.' The fascination of current EU …


Critical Legal Histories In Eu Law, Fernanda Nicola Jan 2013

Critical Legal Histories In Eu Law, Fernanda Nicola

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

INTRODUCTION: A workshop aiming to narrate the history of EU Law took place in November 2012 at a critical time for the very existence of the Union and its role as a global actor.' On the one hand, the current financial crisis is weakening some of the foundations and values that, in the last sixty years, EU lawyers, judges, and scholars have relied on. On the other hand, the U.S. government is pursuing a Transatlantic Free Trade and Investment Agreement with the EU, aimed at creating a Western bloc to resist the rising Chinese power.' The fascination of current EU …


A Framework For Assessing Global Economic Governance, Daniel D. Bradlow Jan 2013

A Framework For Assessing Global Economic Governance, Daniel D. Bradlow

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Increased globalization over the last twenty years has made effective global economic governance more important than ever. This period has witnessed the rise of a number of new international governance actors, such as the Group of Twenty and the Financial Stability Board. This Article proposes a five-part test to evaluate how the existing global governance actors serve the interests of all stakeholders in the global economy. The test is based on four fundamental indicators of good global governance. The Article uses the five-part test to evaluate the G20’s performance at the G20 Summit at Los Cabos, Mexico. Finally, this Article …