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Databases

Updates

• Science, Intellectual Property, and Legislation in the 110th Congress
• Google Launches Beta Version of Patent Search Tool
• UN, Yale University, and Publishers Take Lead in Fostering Developing Nations' Access to Environmental Research
• China Releases Scientific Data Sharing Plan
• Agency E-mails Reveal Significant Reduction in EPA Staff Access to Online Journals
• USPTO Electronic Patent Information Interface Requires Transition for Users
• China to Develop Infrastructure for Sharing Scientific Data
• Elsevier to Provide Online English-language Access to Chinese Journals
• WIPO to Provide Online Tool for Renewing International Trademark Registrations
• Aeronautical Data to be Removed from Public Domain
• Celera Will Make DNA Information Free
• Data Accessibility Must Be Improved for Systems Microbiology
• Reed Elsevier Allows Free Web Access to Academics
• Conflicting Database Bills Sent to Union Calendar

Legislation

• Consumer Access to Information Act of 2004
• Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Publications

• "House Considers Database Bill"
• Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development
• Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium

Meetings

• 16 Jan 2007 8:30: Symposium: Effects of Intellectual Property Protections on Scientific Research
• 6 May 2006 9:00: USPTO Meeting on Peer to Patent Project
• 21 Apr 2006 12:00: Access to Knowledge (A2K) Conference
• 12 Dec 2005 9:00: Meeting of the International Authorities Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
• 7 Nov 2004: 19th CODATA International Conference
• 18 Sep 2004: Patent Policy: Using, Abusing and Reforming
• 17 Jun 2004: Technology Frontiers and Global Power, Wealth, and Conflict
• 12 Feb 2004: AAAS Annual Meeting