IP JUSTICE STATEMENT on the GROUP of FRIENDS of DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL for a DEVELOPMENT AGENDA at WIPO by IP Justice Executive Director Robin D. Gross at the 1st Session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda 23 February 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland Thank you, Mr. Chairman for this opportunity to [...]
IP JUSTICE STATEMENT on CHILE'S PROPOSAL FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AT WIPO by IP Justice Executive Director Robin D. Gross at the 1st Session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda 21 February 2006 - Geneva, Switzerland Thank you, Mr. Chairman and congratulations on your re-election. I represent IP Justice, [...]
IP Justice Media Release 20 February 2006 Contact: Robin D. Gross, IP Justice Executive Director Telephone: +1.415.553.6261 Email: robin@ipjustice.org WIPO Resumes "Development Agenda" Talks Developing Countries Continue Push for Balance at WIPO IP Justice is in Geneva this week as the second year of talks resume to debate a “Development Agenda†at the World Intellectual [...]
By Robin Gross - A new open-access online medical journal database teaches African doctors with no research budgets about new medicines and surgical techniques. Scientists are able to study the "greenhouse effect" because weather data is made freely available to the public over the Internet. Electronic databases have proliferated in recent years, creating new information products and services for the public. The availability of information databases fuels innovation by lowering the costs of research and development and spreading knowledge to new sectors. ...
Circumvention Prohibitions Reconsidered: Why America's Mistake is Europe's Future By Robin D. Gross, IP Justice I. US and EU Pressured to Outlaw Consumer Circumvention Today lawmakers all over the world are both dreaming of the opportunities and grappling with the challenges that digital technology creates for authors and distributors of intellectual property. At the same [...]
IP Justice Comments on ICANN WHOIS Preliminary Reports 5 July 2004 view as .doc view as .pdf ICANN Threatens Civil Rights of Website Owners: Intellectual Property Interests Govern Use of Personal Information July 5, 2004 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Attention: Whois Task Force 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 [...]
Consumers Rally at EU Today Against Dangerous IP Enforcement Directive Artists Claim Law Will Not Help Them and Will Harm Consumers Consumers, artists, and representatives of civil liberties groups from across Europe will join together today in Strasbourg, France to demonstrate against the controversial European Union Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive.The proposed directive is scheduled [...]
March 2, 2004 Consumer Rights Rally at EU in Strasbourg on 8 March: Coalition Urges Rejection of Controversial EU IP Directive An international coalition of civil liberties and consumer rights groups are holding a digital rights rally and press conference to oppose the controversial European Union Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive on the eve of [...]
DeCSS Litigation Timeline Below is a table that outlines Hollywood's various legal battles to outlaw DeCSS software. v. Mathew Pavlovich Filed by DVD-CCAIn California State Courts under trade secret misappropriation claim.(Jurisdictional question). v. Andrew Bunner Filed by DVD-CCAIn California State Courts under trade secret misappropriation claim.(First Amendment issue). v. 2600 Magazine Filed by Eight Hollywood [...]