Who is Signing ACTA: State of Play Cont’d
ACTA to Be Signed – But Can it Enter into Force? It has been reported in global press this week that ACTA will be signed October 1 in Japan. http://goo.gl/nC0PL But that does not mean that ACTA...
View ArticleACTA Not Consistent with US Law
When the US signs ACTA tomorrow in Japan, the signing statement is likely to state something like “ACTA is entirely consistent with US law and therefore requires no implementing legislation.” This will...
View ArticleACTA’s Threat to Access to Medicines
Next week, PIJIP Fellows Bijan Madhani and Michael Vasquez and I will be releasing our study for the EU parliament on the impact of ACTA on access to medicines in developing countries. A draft of the...
View ArticleUSTR’s Precedents do not justify ACTA as sole executive agreement
In the fact sheet from USTR on ACTA, which appears to be the document that was being floated to cleared advisors as the “signing statement,” USTR points to four agreements (in addition to GATT) that...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Toward a Positive Agenda in International Intellectual...
American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property is seeking contributions to the online PIJIP Working Paper Series and for a Focus Issue of the...
View ArticleStatement on Senator Wyden’s Letter on ACTA and the Constitution
Statement and FAQ on ACTA and the Constitution Sean M Fiil Flynn Associate Director Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) American University Washington College of Law (202)...
View ArticleStatement: Leaked US Proposal for a TPP Pharmaceutical Chapter
For immediate release. By Sean Flynn, sflynn@wcl.american.edu Lima, Peru. Among the US Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) proposals leaked today was a proposed chapter on “Transparency and Procedural...
View ArticlePhotos from TPP Protest in Lima, Peru During the October Negotiating Round
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View ArticleTPP IP Section by Section Analysis
This briefing paper provides preliminary analysis of the leaked U.S. proposal for an intellectual property chapter in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. What is clear from this analysis is...
View ArticlePresentations on US Pharma Chapter Proposal
Enclosed are the presentation materials of Sharon Treat, State Legislator from Maine, on the US proposal for a TPP chapter restricting pharmaceutical reimbursement programs. Sharon testified that, if...
View ArticleNews from the TPP Stakeholder Briefing
The TPP chief negotiators took questions from stakeholders this morning in Lima, Peru. There were some elements of news scattered among numerous refusals to discuss, verify or explain any proposals or...
View ArticleResearchers Say SOPA is on the Wrong Track
On the eve of a hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, two releases from the research and academic community suggest that the current debate is on the wrong...
View ArticleTPP IP Chapter Analysis, open for comment
Margot Kaminski (Yale Information Society Project), Brook Baker (Northeastern University) and Jimmy Koo and I (PIJIP) have released a draft section by section analysis of the leaked U.S. proposals for...
View ArticleACTA Secrecy Continues in the EU
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure has just released the response it got from the EU INTA committee to the request to disclose the legal opinion the Committee recently received on...
View ArticleTPP may include “sequencing” of IP obligations
Ambassador of New Zealand to the United States, and former WTO Director General, Mike Moore explained today that the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) may contain the “sequencing” of...
View ArticleConsistency of Korea-US Free Trade Agreement Copyright Provisions with U.S. Law
Heesob Nam recently requested me to give an opinion on whether the intellectual property provisions of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement [KORUS] are fully consistent with U.S. law. The U.S. Congress...
View ArticleComments on Trans Pacific Partnership to U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
The TPP is the latest in a dangerous shift in US trade policy towards a practice of international law making to bind the US to standards not reflected in its current law and without adequate...
View ArticleNew Directions in International Intellectual Property
Enclosed are my lecture notes from my talk on January 7, 2012 on a panel at the American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. I have also included a printable version and a copy...
View ArticleSen. Wyden Challenges ACTA Constitutionality Again
The conflict between Senator Wyden and the administration over the constitutionality of ACTA continued anew last week. As previously reported, Senator Wyden wrote a letter to President Obama in...
View ArticleSOPA Revisions Leave Many Concerns in Place
Much has been made in recent days about announced amendments to SOPA in response to the effective advocacy efforts of technology and internet companies over the winter holiday period. A review of...
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