IIPSJ Social Justice Advocacy

IIPSJ advocates the social justice perspective on intellectual property in various contexts. In 2009 and 2010 IIPSJ submitted written position statements to the Federal Districtd Court in the Google Books Settlement case, to Congress on hearings held on the Google Book project, and to the Obama Administration on its creation of an IP Enforcement Strategic Plan.

In each setting IIPSJ emphasized the need to include those who have been or are being excluded from the benefits of IP both as users and as creators and exploiters of IP-infused works and inventions.

IIPSJ Position Statement on Google Settlement – District Court Submission September 2009

IIPSJ Position Statement on Google Settlement – House Committe Comments September 2009

IIPSJ Comments on IP Enforcement Strategic Plan -- March 2010

IIPSJ Position Statement on USPTO Provisional Patent Proposal – June 2010

Signatory on submission re: IN THE MATTER OF USE OF THE “SPECIAL 301” PROGRAM, SECTION 182 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974,  TO LIMIT ACCESS TO MEDICINES IN VIOLATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RIGHT TO HEALTH, July 2010