June, 2009

Climate Change, Patent Pending

Jun 25, 2009 - ISN Security Watch

On 12 June, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a foreign relations funding bill which included an instruction to the US envoy to the UN-sponsored climate change treaty negotiations. The US delegation was not to accede to any proposal, the House declared, which would...

IP Group Eye Progress On ACTA Talks

Jun 15, 2009 - The National Journal's CongressDaily

Intellectual property stakeholders are cheering Friday's announcement that the Obama administration will soon move forward on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks, but watchdog groups want more transparency and public participation in negotiations that began under former President George W...

WIPO Looks At Mandate On IP And Climate Change, Access For Reading Impaired

Jun 14, 2009 - Intellectual Property Watch

A conference aimed at sketching out ideas for the World Intellectual Property Organization's involvement in issues of global public policy kicked off Monday with explorations on the link intellectual property and environmental technology and a separate event devoted to access to reading material...

Foreign Affairs Bill Passes With IP Text

Jun 11, 2009 - The National Journal's "Tech Daily Dose"

The House voted overwhelmingly late Wednesday to establish new U.S. policy in opposition to any global climate change treaty that weakens the intellectual property rights of American green technology as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act. The vote comes as diplomats prepare for...

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June, 2009

Climate Change, Patent Pending

IP Group Eye Progress On ACTA Talks

WIPO Looks At Mandate On IP And Climate Change, Access For Reading Impaired

Foreign Affairs Bill Passes With IP Text