Category Features

Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Features, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, IP Policies, ITU/ICANN, Language, Themes, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Venues

The Year Ahead In Internet Governance: Of Competing Institutions, IANA Transition, And A New Crypto War

For many years Electronic Frontier Foundation Policy Analyst Jeremy Malcolm has been predicting the next year would be the pivotal year for the UN-led Internet Governance Forum (IGF). With the NetMundial Initiative being constructed these coming months and governments having not yet agreed to prolong the IGF mandate, the decade-old forum might be challenged to either move or become just one of many internet governance conference venues. And while some hope the future oversight over the internet’s underlying IANA function could become an experiment in shared global governance, others point out that more and more of the interesting questions of internet politics are decided elsewhere: national governments, trade negotiators, big data giants and cyberdominance strategists.

Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Español, Features, Innovation/ R&D, IP Policies, Language, Latin America/Caribbean, Paid Content, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Themes, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

The Latest News In Intellectual Property From ANEPI Ecuador

Intellectual Property Watch
24/01/2015

Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Europe, Features, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Regional Policy, Themes, Venues

The Copyright Manifesto: How The EU Should Support Innovation And Creativity Through Copyright Reform

Teresa Hackett writes: “Copyright divide in numbers”, the graph on the first page of the newly launched ‘The Copyright Manifesto. How the European Union should Support Innovation and Creativity through Copyright Reform’ tells a story. In an illustration of the results of the European Union’s (EU) 2014 consultation on copyright, publishers, authors and collective management organizations express strong support for the current system, while end users and institutional users (such as libraries) are strongly in favour of copyright reform. So if copyright is supposed to benefit everyone, the copyright system sure isn’t working for everyone.

Intellectual Property Watch
22/01/2015

Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Features, Finance, Innovation/ R&D, IP Law, IP Policies, Language, Lobbying, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Subscribers, Themes, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Venues

Year Ahead: Big IP Developments Loom For US Law In 2015

2014 brought major changes to the United States intellectual property system, particularly in the area of patent law. 2015 promises more of the same, as the new Supreme Court ruling in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA v. Sandoz attests. Here’s a discussion of Teva and other key cases and developments to watch this year.

Steven Seidenberg
21/01/2015

Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Copyright Policy, English, Europe, Features, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, IP Policies, Language, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Subscribers, Themes, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Venues

Year Ahead: Copyright Reform, EPO Governance, Trade Secrets Among Top European IP Issues In 2015

Review, and possibly reform, of the European Union copyright system tops the list of “hot” European intellectual property issues this year. The new European Commission has made modernising copyright rules a major priority, while fresh debate has broken out over the need for levies on digital copying devices to remunerate rights holders.

Meanwhile ongoing unrest between European Patent Office (EPO) staff and management looks likely to continue, as do efforts to finalise the unitary European patent and Unified Patent Court. EU legislation to protect trade secrets could be adopted and trademark law updated. In addition, several important IP-related decisions are expected from the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

Dugie Standeford
19/01/2015

Access to Knowledge/ Education, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Español, Features, IP Policies, Language, Latin America/Caribbean, Paid Content, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Themes, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, Venues, WIPO, WTO/TRIPS

The Latest News In Intellectual Property From ANEPI Ecuador

Welcome to (ANEPI), the first Intellectual Property News Agency of Ecuador. The Agencia de Noticias Especializada en Propiedad Intelectual (ANEPI) publishes news, analysis, interviews, feature articles, a weekly update and more on Ecuador and the region, at http://www.anepi.ec. Articles are primarily in Spanish with some translation. Below is the list of the week's stories on ANEPI, including in English: "Latin America, Patents, Innovation and Brands within the Intellectual Property System."

Bienvenido a (ANEPI), La Primera Agencia de Noticias de Propiedad Intelectual del Ecuador: Síguenos http://www.anepi.ec/ANEPIEcuador

Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Features, Finance, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Latin America/Caribbean, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Themes, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Venues

CARICOM, Trans-Pacific Partnership, And IP Law & Policy: What Next?

The year 2015 has dawned as usual with the fanfare of greater things to come. Caribbean projects are in the pipeline, along with activities to enhance competitiveness and many gallant efforts by well- meaning non-governmental and International organizations. The research has shown, however, that without the impetus of effort that originates from amongst the local innovators, there is no real change and no great advancement.

Intellectual Property Watch
13/01/2015

Copyright Policy, Development, Enforcement, English, Español, Features, Innovation/ R&D, IP Policies, Language, Latin America/Caribbean, Paid Content, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Themes, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Venues, WIPO

The Latest News In Intellectual Property From ANEPI Ecuador

Welcome to (ANEPI), the first Intellectual Property News Agency of Ecuador. The Agencia de Noticias Especializada en Propiedad Intelectual (ANEPI) publishes news, analysis, interviews, feature articles, a weekly update and more on Ecuador and the region, at http://www.anepi.ec. Articles are primarily in Spanish with some translation. Below is the list of the week's stories on ANEPI. This week includes a report in English from the WIPO copyright committee. Bienvenido a (ANEPI), La Primera Agencia de Noticias de Propiedad Intelectual del Ecuador: Síguenos http://www.anepi.ec/ANEPIEcuador

Intellectual Property Watch
08/01/2015

Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Español, Features, Innovation/ R&D, IP Policies, Language, Latin America/Caribbean, Paid Content, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Themes, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

The Latest News In Intellectual Property From ANEPI Ecuador

Intellectual Property Watch
22/12/2014

Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Features, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, IP Law, IP Policies, Language, North America, Perspectives on the US, Regional Policy, Themes, Venues

ISPs In US Face New Copyright Attack

It is a novel way to attack online copyright infringement. Two music companies have sued an internet service provider, alleging that because the ISP failed to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers, the ISP is guilty of secondary infringement. This lawsuit troubles many copyright experts and its success is far from certain, but the music companies may achieve their aims regardless.