US Trade Representative Issues Annual Report on Global IP Rights
For 2010 the US Trade Representative reviewed 77 trading partners for this year’s Special 301 Report, and placed 41 countries on either the Priority Watch List, Watch List, or the Section 306...
View ArticleMexico Joins the International Trademark System
Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Bruno Ferrari deposited his country’s instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks with WIPO Director General Francis Gurry...
View ArticlePresident-Elect Trump Says the TPP is Dead, but What Now for IP?
President-Elect Donald Trump has announced that he will withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on his first day in office. So ends more than five years of often...
View ArticleA Changing Patent Landscape: U.S. no longer the most patent friendly...
At this moment in history almost everything we thought we knew about global patent protection is being challenged. The U.S. is not the most patent friendly jurisdiction in the world, instead being tied...
View ArticleRenegotiate NAFTA to Make it the Gold Standard in IP Protection
As President Trump embarks on the renegotiation of NAFTA, it is critical that we seize the opportunity to make it the gold standard in intellectual property rights protections... The stakes are...
View ArticleUSTR: Counterfeit and pirated physical products valued at nearly half a...
According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, imports of counterfeit and pirated physical products are valued at about half a trillion dollars, or about 2.5 percent of all imports...
View ArticleInnovators and Content Creators Urge USTR Lighthizer to Fight for Strong IP...
ACTION for Trade asks Lighthizer to consider advocating for strong IP protections and robust enforcement to benefit a diverse group of industries, including digital content producers and distributors,...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Unveils Digital Tax Proposal Which Could Generate...
The European Commission has recently proposed new tax rules that would significantly alter the tax regime faced by technology companies operating in the European Union, including American tech giants...
View ArticleU.S. Chamber calls on NAFTA Countries to modernize and elevate IP frameworks
The letter explains that the results from the Chamber's IP Index has shown that as a whole North America is at a considerable disadvantage compared with both Asia and Europe. "NAFTA modernization is an...
View ArticleInternational Trademark Lessons from the Bayer-Belmora FLANAX Trademark Fight
A closely watched cross-border trademark case finally has been resolved, and the results of the case have implications for global trademark holders. A U.S. District Court Judge in the Eastern District...
View ArticleUSMCA Set To Export U.S. Copyright Law to North American Neighbors
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was passed by the U.S. Senate on January 16, 2020 and will be signed by President Trump today. The treaty, which renegotiates and cancels the 1994...
View ArticleUS Trade Representative Issues Annual Report on Global IP Rights
For 2010 the US Trade Representative reviewed 77 trading partners for this year’s Special 301 Report, and placed 41 countries on either the Priority Watch List, Watch List, or the Section 306...
View ArticleMexico Joins the International Trademark System
Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Bruno Ferrari deposited his country’s instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks with WIPO Director General Francis Gurry...
View ArticlePresident-Elect Trump Says the TPP is Dead, but What Now for IP?
President-Elect Donald Trump has announced that he will withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on his first day in office. So ends more than five years of often...
View ArticleA Changing Patent Landscape: U.S. no longer the most patent friendly...
At this moment in history almost everything we thought we knew about global patent protection is being challenged. The U.S. is not the most patent friendly jurisdiction in the world, instead being tied...
View ArticleRenegotiate NAFTA to Make it the Gold Standard in IP Protection
As President Trump embarks on the renegotiation of NAFTA, it is critical that we seize the opportunity to make it the gold standard in intellectual property rights protections... The stakes are...
View ArticleUSTR: Counterfeit and pirated physical products valued at nearly half a...
According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, imports of counterfeit and pirated physical products are valued at about half a trillion dollars, or about 2.5 percent of all imports...
View ArticleInnovators and Content Creators Urge USTR Lighthizer to Fight for Strong IP...
ACTION for Trade asks Lighthizer to consider advocating for strong IP protections and robust enforcement to benefit a diverse group of industries, including digital content producers and distributors,...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Unveils Digital Tax Proposal Which Could Generate...
The European Commission has recently proposed new tax rules that would significantly alter the tax regime faced by technology companies operating in the European Union, including American tech giants...
View ArticleU.S. Chamber calls on NAFTA Countries to modernize and elevate IP frameworks
The letter explains that the results from the Chamber's IP Index has shown that as a whole North America is at a considerable disadvantage compared with both Asia and Europe. "NAFTA modernization is an...
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