30 Sep, 2007: IP Justice Summary Table of USTR Section 301 Reports 2001-2007
"Under “Special 301” enacted in 1988, USTR identifies countries that denied “adequate and effective protection” of US intellectual property or that denied “fair and equitable market access” to US intellectual property holders. Any “interested person” can file a petition asking USTR to launch Section 301 investigation and deny trade benefits to a country. Often, industry trade organizations such as the RIAA and MPAA file Special 301 Petitions and begin the process of US trade retaliation against foreign countries...."

24 Sep, 2007: IP Justice Recommendations for a Development Agenda at WIPO
This policy paper urges the WIPO nations to adopt these 45 recommendations at the WIPO General Assembly in September 2007. We know that a profound “knowledge gap” as well as a ‘digital divide” separates wealthy nations from the poorer ones. The Development Agenda is based on the premise that higher protection for intellectual property, without any focus on improving developmental structures within these countries would only worsen this situation and be detrimental in the long run. This is true because an absence of strong internal, national IP protection will cripple developing nations in an international and global economy. There is an imminent need therefore, to “integrate development dimensions into policy making for intellectual property protection.”...

27 May, 2007: IGF Advisory Group Meeting
4-5 September 2007: The Advisory Group for the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.  For more information, see http://www.intgovforum.org