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Updates

• Science, Intellectual Property, and Legislation in the 110th Congress
• U.S. Commerce Secretary: China Must Strengthen Copyright Infringement Laws
• U.S. Copyright Office Releases Report on "Orphan Works"
• Should Species Descriptions be Treated as Open Access Information?
• Guidance Document on Copyright Issues Released for Academia
• Aeronautical Data to be Removed from Public Domain
• WTO Grants Poorest Nations Less Time than Requested to Adhere to International Intellectual Property Rules
• Library of Congress Plans to Create a World Digital Library
• South Centre and CIEL: Quarterly Update on IP and Development
• White House Creates New IP Enforcement Position
• UK Research Councils Require Free Access to Journal Articles
• University Publishers Question Google Plan for Digital Book Copies
• Japan Establishes High Court for IP Disputes
• European Policy for Intellectual Property Conference: Papers Available
• Graham Dutfield Editorial: "The US and Europe Are Intellectual Property Fundamentalists"
• Model IP Agreements Aim to Encourage University-Industry Collaboration in Britain
• Brazil Reshapes Debate on Intellectual Property
• China Must Criminalize IP Violations, Says US Commerce Secretary
• Counterfeiting and Piracy in China - New York Times Magazine
• NIH Open Access Publishing Policy Release Postponed
• April 2005: WIPO Meeting on Establishing a Development Agenda
• New Open Access Initiative from Publishers and Advocacy Groups
• Congress Passes CREATE Act
• Journal Publishers Against "one size fits all" Package
• EU Announces Strategy to Halt Piracy and Counterfeiting Abroad
• NIH Open Access Estimated to Cost $2.5 Million
• Point of View: Open Access to Journals Won’t Lower Prices
• WIPO Members Will Meet Next Week
• NIH Requests Comments on Open Access Policy
• Rep. Istook to Discuss Open Access on House Floor
• NIH Proceeds With Plan to Provide Open Access to Scientific Papers
• NIH Director to Meet with Scientists and Patients' Rights Groups on Open Access Bill Langauge
• Draft Language from the NIH Appropriations Bill on Access to NIH-Funded Information
• FASEB Concerned About Open Access Legislation
• Hewlett-Packard Rolls Out Linux Laptop
• Linux Might Infringe 283 Patents
• NIH Director Meets with Publishers on Open Access
• Open Access Language Appears in NIH Appropriations Report
• Text of U.S. Representatives' Letter on FTAs
• Members of British Parliament Support Open Access to Research
• Free Access to NIH-Funded Research Recommended by House Appropriations Committee
• US-Morocco FTA: Strongest IP Protection Yet
• Microsoft Provides More Source Code
• Senate Passes Three Bills that Affect Intellectual Property
• Open Access Publishing Continues to Stir Debate
• Singapore Boosts Intellectual Property Protection
• Creative Commons Introduces Licenses for Europe
• PLoS Launches Open Access Medical Journal
• ITU Survey Finds Global Support for WSIS Targets
• Wellcome Trust: Open access 'can cut costs by up to 30 per cent'
• U.K. Parliment holds third session on scientific publications
• NASA Goes Open Source
• Copyright Violation Task Force Created
• Developing-country researchers get 'open access' boost
• Top Medical and Scientific Societies Commit To Providing Free Access To Medical And Scientific Research
• USPTO Supports Greater Protection for Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
• US lifts publishing ban on embargoed nations
• CREATE Act of 2004 Passed by House
• UK science publishers give open-access warning
• Supreme Court Rules Against Eldred
• DMCRA referred to Subcommittee

Legislation

• Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2005
• Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention (ART) Act of 2004
• Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2004
• Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation (PIRATE) Act of 2004
• HR 4077, The Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004
• Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2003
• Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2003
• Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2003
• Consumer, Schools, and Libraries Digital Rights Management Awareness Act of 2003
• Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003
• Public Access to Science Act
• Public Domain Enhancement Act
• Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2003
• Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations (BALANCE) Act of 2003
• Digital Consumer Right to Know Act
• Jurisdictional Certainty Over Digital Commerce Act
• Rural America Digital Accessibility Act
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Hearings

Publications

• An Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing
• Copyright Issues in Digital Media
• Costs and Business Models in Scientific Research Publishing
• Electronic Publishing in Science Seizing the Moment: Scientists' Authorship Rights in the Digital Age
• Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Proceedings of a Symposium
• Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Report of a Symposium
• Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development
• Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium
• SPARC Letter to NIH on Open Access
• Scientific Publications: Free for All?
• The facts about open access: A study of the financial and non-financial effects of alternative business models for scholarly journals

Meetings

• 17 Jan 2007 8:30: Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR): First Session
• 16 Jan 2007 8:30: Symposium: Effects of Intellectual Property Protections on Scientific Research
• 17 Feb 2006 14:00: AAAS-SIPPI Annual Meeting: Briefing on Effects of Intellectual Property on Academic Research
• 19 Feb 2005 13:00: AAAS Annual Meeting - Science & Intellectual Property Briefing
• 13 Sep 2004: The Future of WIPO
• 16 Jul 2004: International Intellectual Property Law Conference
• 10 Jun 2004: Colleges, Code and Copyright
• 2 Jun 2004 9:00: Toward New Economies of Information Access
• 12 Feb 2004: AAAS Annual Meeting

Subcategories

• Information Technology
• Fair Use