European Court Upholds Confidentiality In International Treaty Talks
The Second Chamber of the European General Court in a judgment today strengthened confidentiality rules in international treaty negotiations.
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Pirate Bay Loses Its Appeal To European Court Of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in a judgment today rejected the appeal of Pirate Bay founders Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (application no. 40397/12) to the Court.
Trade Commissioner: EU To Seek GIs In US FTA, But ‘No New ACTA’
There will be a chapter on intellectual property protection in the draft proposals for a US-EU free trade agreement - the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said today at a meeting of the International Trade Committee of the European Union in Brussels. The TTIP will be a comprehensive agreement that will create the largest free trade zone in the world, according to De Gucht.
Push For EU-US FTA Could Restart Discussions About IPRs
The high-level Munich Security Conference this weekend saw a considerable push for going forward with a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA). Both US Vice-President Joe Biden and German Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle said such an agreement is within reach. But according to experts, negotiations also could re-open discussions on intellectual property protection.
Business’ Privileged Access To EU-India Trade Documents
The Corporate Europe Observatory and the European Commission presented their arguments in a case over access to documents about the EU-India free trade agreement before the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg last Friday.
Reform Of EU Data Protection – Largest EU Lobbying Campaign Ever?
“We live in an age changed and characterised by the use of information about individuals and personalised data and we need clear and differentiated rules how to handle this,” Green Member of the European Parliament Jan Philipp Albrecht, one of the lead rapporteurs for the data protection reform in Europe, said today. “General principles alone are not sufficient.”
UN Official Stresses Importance Of Civil Society In Internet Future
Frank La Rue, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, in a statement about last week's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), underlined the importance of civil society in discussions about the future of the internet.
European Human Rights Court: Internet Restriction Violates Freedom Of Expression
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled this week that “restriction of Internet access without a strict legal framework regulating the scope of the ban and affording the guarantee of judicial review to prevent possible abuses amounts to a violation of freedom of expression.”
WCIT Split After Split “Vote” On Internet Governance Resolution
Dubai, UAE - A mere resolution, not part of the future International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR), led to yet another escalation at the ongoing World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai last night.
WCIT: Internet Issues Still In Draft New Telecom Rules
Dubai, UAE - The internet is not completely out of the first consolidated draft proposal for the future International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR) that was introduced late on 11 December at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai.