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intellectual property
The Institute of IT Professionals joins the NZ Open Source Society in questioning TPP deal on software patents.
Data exclusivity is a kind of super-patent that is an incredibly powerful form of monopoly.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership leans towards rules that lock up works of art and stifle independent creators' output
As leaked by KEI on 4 August 2015
Knowledge Ecology International released text from three sections of the 95-page secret negotiating text on the Intellectual Property Chapter being used in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement trade negotiations
As published by KEI
As published by KEI
Negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement appear likely to undo New Zealand's ban on software patents, showing "how disconnected the government and the negotiators are from the interests of New Zealanders."
Prime Minister John Key has conceded New Zealand will have to pay more for some medicines under the Trans-Pacific Partnership but he says it is in the country's best interests
Ten years ago today, in the dead of night, Congress passed the US-Central America Free Trade Agreement by two votes. Lessons learned from the actual effects of CAFTA on access to affordable life-saving prescription drugs provide a vivid illustration of the impact of TPP-like rules on people and their health.
