ISDS Case Map
intellectual property
Many critics are pointing out that the lack of an Ebola vaccine is due to the intellectual property protections offered through trade deals like the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Social organizations defending the interests of health patients have spoken out against the TPP.
Electronic Frontier Foundation's analysis of the new draft Trans-Pacific Partnership intellectual property chapter leaked by Wikileaks
KEI's first impression in reading the document is the extent to which the United States has sought hundreds of changes in intellectual property norms, some small and subtle, others blunt and aggressive, nearly of all of which favor big corporate right holders, and undermine the public’s freedom to use knowledge.
as leaked by Wikileaks on 16 October 2014
The US dairy industry says the agreement violates Canadian intellctual property laws and restricts US access to the Canadian cheese market
How the European trade agenda continues to undermine access to medicines
A panel conducting a review of Australia competition policy landscape has recommended increased scrutiny of intellectual property-related clauses in trade agreements.
Long-running litigation between Uruguay, which has some of the toughest anti-smoking laws in the world, and cigarette giant Philip Morris could have direct consequences for plain packaging legislation globally. Could it also pave the way for legal action in Europe?
The law was originally passed to comply with an intellectual property requirement in the 2004 Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), and it was unclear whether Guatemala might now be excluded from the US-promoted trade bloc.
