La crisis económica como oportunidad para una innovación biomédica justa, eficaz y transparente El presente modelo de investigación biomédica se encuentra en plena crisis y se cuestiona su viabilidad económica, científica y social. Actualmente, la investigación de nuevos medicamentos no…
Aaron Swartz y la ignorancia de Fernando Savater
La atrevida ignorancia de Fernando Savater sobre internet y Aaron Swartz En un reciente artículo de Fernando Savater y publicado en El País, ver en : http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2013/01/28/actualidad/1359403163_298639.html Fernando Savater arremete en contra del homenaje popular al activista digital Aaron Swartz. Swartz se…
SOS Open Access: write to members of EU Council
Dear friends of Open Access in Horizon 2020: At present the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council are negotiating in a “Trialogue” the final legislative text of the “Rules of Participation” for Horizon 2020, the 80 billion euro EU…
Ask your MEP to amend or reject Unitary Patent Regulation voted tomorrow in Plenary
Dear MEP: Millions of consumers and citizens are concerned that the Unitary Patent Regulation will grant almost exclusive, unquestionable rights to the European Patent Office and its own court, while excluding the European Parliament from any democratic control and severely…
Letter to MEPs from European Blind Union on WIPO Treaty
EU COUNCIL GIVES TREATY MANDATE – BUT WILL EU NEGOTIATORS KILL THE TREATY THROUGH “COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY” RELATED BUREAUCRACY? Dear MEP supporter, I am writing to update you on the campaign for a treaty at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)…
Open access, licensing, prizes, .. in H2020 Rules of Participation
Sample of new Rules of Participation in Horizon 2020 approved today (A2M, licensing, pre-commercial procurement, open access, prizes..) in European Parliament´s Industry and Research Committee. (Final text must now be negotiated with EU Member States before Plenary vote). Comment: I…