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Amy Kapczynski to join Law School Faculty

Margot — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:18:32 +0000

Amy Kapczynski is joining Yale Law Faculty in January 2012 as an Associate Professor of Law. Since 2007, Amy has taught at the University of California at Berkeley Law School. Her research interests center on international law, intellectual property, and global health.

Amy co-founded Universities Allied for Essential Medicines in 2002, and continues as a member of its advisory board. Her recent work includes an edited volume, “Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property” (Zone Books, 2010), and an article about dynamics of harmonization and counter-harmonization in international intellectual property law, using the pharmaceutical sector in India as a case study.

The ISP is very happy to welcome Amy back to Yale.

More here.

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to be signed this weekend – unconstitutional?

Margot — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:13:51 +0000

Strong arguments have been emerging that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), to be signed this weekend by the US, may be unconstitutional as a Sole Executive Agreement. ISP Student Fellow Adam Hockensmith has been working on a paper to this effect. The issue has also been covered in the below:

ACTA to Be Signed – But Can it Enter into Force?
US, EU, Canada, Japan, Australia, & Others to Sign ACTA this Weekend Despite Legal Concerns

and of course

The Impact of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on the Knowledge Economy: The Accountability of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative for the Creation of IP Enforcement Norms Through Executive Trade Agreements

and

Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement Raises Constitutional Concerns

Margot Kaminski ACTA article in Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology

Margot — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:19:50 +0000

My paper on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), “An Overview and the Evolution of The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement“, is now available online as part of the current issue of the Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology.

Citation: 21 ALB. L.J. SCI. & TECH. 385 (2011)