Mr Michel Barnier European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services European Commission BERL 10/034 B – 1049 Brussels Belgium Mr. Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Council Rue de la Loi 175 B-1048 Brussels Belgium 28th March 2013 Dear…
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“It´s about more copyright, stupid!”
Contrary to some reports the “Licenses for Europe” stakeholder process on the future of copyright in the EU has nothing to do with a frank discussion of sorely needed EU copyright reform. As the name states the discussions that will…
Los lobbies y el interés común
¿Existen lobbies “buenos” y lobbies “malos”? A propósito del estelar papel que realizan los influyentes y opacos actores económico-políticos llamados lobbies, el pasado 17 de marzo se emitió “El Lobby Feroz” en el programa televisivo de “Salvados”.…
US lobby group pressures Greek government to introduce compulsory licensing of drugs
20 March 2013 The Pharma Letter US lobby group pressures Greek government to introduce compulsory licensing of drugs Article | 19 March 2013 USA-based not-for-profit lobby group Essential Inventions has written to Greek Health Minister Andreas Lykourentzos, calling on the…
Push for compulsory license in Greece: Health over patents
Compulsory license sought for BMS drug as Greece gives CL a hard look Move comes as U.S. Congress looks at tying IP rights to Indian trade favors March 18, 2013 | By Eric Palmer The fight over drug patents in…
Researchers and civil society demand transparency in clinical trials in ITRE vote
Dear Member of the European Parliament, As researchers, doctors, scientists and civil society representatives we are asking you to support the inclusion of strong transparency provisions in the Clinical Trial Regulation that is currently being discussed. Please find attached our…
Irish Presidency and Germany want to remove access to medicine from Horizon 2020
Article referring to access to medicine, approved by the European Parliament, that the EU Council wants to remove from the Rule of Participation of Horizon 2020, the giant EU framework for research and innovation. The Irish Presidency of the EU…
Please act now to save blind people´s WIPO treaty from EU negotiators!
Respond to the call of the European Blind Union and contact your government´s representatives or copyright department in EU or US to ask them to stop supporting the fatal weakening of the text of the WIPO Treaty for the Visually…
“Licences for Europe – A Stakeholder Dialogue” text and data mining for scientific research purposes working group
Letter from participants in response to “Licences for Europe- A Stakeholder Dialogue” text and data mining for scientific research purposes workshop. Dear Commissioners Barnier, Geoghegan-Quinn, Kroes and Vassiliou, “Licences for Europe –A Stakeholder Dialogue”…
Intellectual property section in TACD letter on EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Intellectual Property Rights: Provisions on intellectual property (IP) rights should ensure governments may enact robust limitations and exceptions to rights, and limitations on remedies. IP enforcement should be proportionate and respect the right to a judicial remedy. In some areas,…