Pensando a proteção da propriedade intelectual em equilíbrio com o acesso ao conhecimento.
By John Schwartzand Andrew Pollack
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A federal judge on Monday (March, 29th) struck down patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer. The decision, if upheld, could throw into doubt the patents covering thousands of human genes and reshape the law of intellectual property.
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In today’s announcement Nature Publishing Group (NPG) declares that all content hosted on the Nature News site is now freely available. The decision was taken as a strategy to disseminate Nature’s news content as widely as possible.
by Hjalmar Gislason, member of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Group on EU Open Data-
Open access to public sector information, or simply “Open Data” is gathering a lot of momentum these days.
The fight for free access to information is being played out to an ever greater extent on the Internet.
By Kaitlin Mara from Intellectual Property Watch-
Public interest groups in India are raising questions over annual summits involving Indian judges and policymakers that are being funded by major western industry groups, in particular pharmaceutical companies.
Recently the Brazilian Prosecutor General’s Office manifested favorably to the annullment of pharmaceutical pipeline patents at ADI 4234 at the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF). ADI 4234 is a law suit that argues the unconstitutionality of pipeline patents.
by KEI-
On 12 February 2010, the Council of the European Union distributed a
table drawn up by the Commission Services, outlining the positions of
various counties regarding civil enforcement and the special
requirements relating to the Internet.
Last Thursday, Center for Tecnology and Society was one of the spots that hosted a wireside chat with Lawrence Lessig, one of the main voices from the free culture movement.
Transmitted from Harvard Law School, in partnership with Open Video Alliance-, it was hosted by more then 40 streaming locations, including Rio de Janeiro, Delhi, Sao Paulo, Toronto, New York, and many more, allowing an worldwide interactive conversation with Lessig about copyright and fair use at the digital era.
