Press release: “U.S. Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement Chris Israel released the administrations Annual Report to the President and Congress on Coordination of Intellectual Property Enforcement and Protection today. The Annual Report conveys the yearly accomplishments and establishes priorities for the upcoming year for the federal agencies responsible for protecting and enforcing American intellectual… Continue Reading
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UN Information Economy Report 2007-2008
Information Economy Report 2007-2008 (386 pages, PDF): “The Information Economy Report 2008 – Science and technology for development: the new paradigm of ICT, analyses the current and potential contribution of information technology to knowledge creation and diffusion. It explores how ICTs help generate innovations that improve the livelihoods of the poor and support enterprise competitiveness.… Continue Reading
Public Interest Groups Publish Position Paper on Threat Posed By Inflated Statutory Damages
The Threat Posed By Inflated Statutory Damages, Comments on the January 25, 2008 Meeting Hosted by the Copyright Office: “The PRO IP Act (H.R. 4279) proposes to weaken the long-established one work rule, which today imposes a measure of certainty on how copyright statutory damages are calculated. Under current law, a copyright plaintiff may seek… Continue Reading
Publishers Say Enactment of NIH Mandate on Journal Articles Undermines Intellectual Property Rights Essential to Science Publishing
Follow up to December 27, 2007 posting Mandate for Public Access to NIH-Funded Research Now Law, see this press release: “The Association of American Publishers [January 3, 2008] criticized a controversial new NIH research publication policy that was enacted as part of the omnibus appropriations package for 2008, and reaffirmed that journal publishers who have… Continue Reading
OSAC Activity Report: November 2007
US State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Activity Report: November 2007 AP: US State Department issues Top 10 list of security threats for US businesses: “…Intellectual property theft, terrorism, natural disasters and political instability were listed as the most serious security challenges in Asia.” Continue Reading
USTR Releases 2007 Report to Congress on Chinas WTO Compliance
“The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today presented to Congress the statutorily-mandated annual report on Chinas compliance with its World Trade Organization accession obligations. The report highlights the status of China’s ongoing efforts in such areas as intellectual property rights, industrial policy, agriculture, and services.” 2007 Report to Congress on China’s WTO Compliance (116… Continue Reading
Conyers, House Judiciary Members Introduce Bill to Protect Creative and Intellectual Property Rights
Press release: “In an effort to strengthen laws protecting creative and intellectual property, leaders of the House Judiciary Committee today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve federal agency enforcement efforts and provide more resources to those efforts. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX), Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and… Continue Reading
Automated Content Access Protocol Launched
Press release: “The new, non-proprietary, open standard, ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol), is set to put an end to publisher-search engine legal clashes was unveiled and showcased in New York today, 29 November 2007 at a conference opened by World Association of Newspapers President, Gavin OReilly and addressed by keynote speaker AP CEO Tom Curley.… Continue Reading
Leahy, Cornyn Introduce Bill To Step Up Enforcement Of Laws That Protect Americas Intellectual Property
Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Committee member Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. government efforts to combat copyright infringement and counterfeiting at home and abroad. The Judiciary Committee Wednesday also held a hearing today, Examining U.S. Government Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. The Intellectual Property… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Intellectual Property, Maritime Security, Minority Banks, Private Pensions
Intellectual Property: U.S. Trade Policy Guidance on WTO Declaration on Access to Medicines May Need Clarification, GAO-07-1198, September 28, 2007 Maritime Security: The SAFE Port Act: Status and Implementation One Year Later, GAO-08-126T, October 30, 2007 Minority Banks: Regulators’ Assessments of the Effectiveness of Their Support Efforts Have Been Limited, GAO-08-233T, October 30, 2007 Private… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Beginning Farmers, Digital TV Transition, IP Risk and Enforcement
Beginning Farmers: Additional Steps Needed to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of USDA Assistance GAO-07-1130, September 18, 2007 Digital Television Transition: Preliminary Information on Progress of the DTV Transition, GAO-08-191T, October 17, 2007 Intellectual Property: Risk and Enforcement Challenges, GAO-08-177T, October 18, 2007 Continue Reading
Report – Rising Journal Costs Limit Scholarly Access
Rising Journal Costs Limit Scholarly Access, Emory University: “Are publishers getting rich publishing your research? A Bear-Stearns evaluation of Reed-Elsevier (one of the world’s largest publishers of scholarly journals) recently rated the company, which earns profits of almost 40% annually, “a stockholder’s dream.” Should private publishers be getting rich selling information generated by research that… Continue Reading
