“Concerns that a ministerial order on copyright mirrors the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) in the United States ‘are not based on fact’, Minister of State Seán Sherlock has insisted. Mr Sherlock said the US proposals could not be introduced in the EU, where the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights had to be applied …” (more)
[Marie O'Halloran and Michael O'Regan, Irish Times, 31 January]
“Ahead of this evening’s Dail debate on the statutory instrument that amends the Copyright Act 2000, two of the leaders behind the Stop SOPA Ireland petition – Michele Neylon and TJ McIntyre – answer Siliconrepublic.com’s questions on impending changes to Ireland’s copyright laws …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 31 January]
“After the Internet’s decisive victory over the Stop Online Piracy Act earlier this month, online activists have been looking for their next target, and a growing number of them have chosen the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ACTA, which was signed by the EU last week …” (more)
[Timothy B Lee, Ars Technica, 30 January]
“Last Thursday’s signing by EU member states of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) saw a surge of opposition to the agreement in Europe, both on and offline …” (more)
[Eadaoin O'Sullivan, Politico, 30 January]
“Protest against ACTA and ‘SOPA Ireland’. Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square East, Dublin 1. February 4th, 13:00 until 18:30 …” (more)
[Why We Protest, 30 January]
“I dedicated my Sunday newsround to making a shout-out to Sean Sherlock, the Dail deputy empowered to hammer home the Irish version of SOPA that will damage the innovation culture of Ireland …” (more)
[Bernie Goldbach, Inside View from Ireland, 29 January]
“This week has seen a debate break out in the press and parliament of Ireland (and beyond) on the familiar question in copyright law of injunctions sought by rightsholders against intermediaries. This is never an easy question, as there are possibly contradictory objectives included in legislation …” (more)
[Daithí Mac Síthigh, Lex Ferenda, 28 January]
“There’s been a lot of very worthwhile comment and outrage over the so-called SOPA Ireland debacle in recent days. I have a slightly different viewpoint on this …” (more)
[Mark Dennehy, Stochastic Geometry, 27 January]
“The junior minister behind proposed new laws giving copyright holders the power to seek court injunctions over copyright breaches has agreed not to sign the new laws before holding a full Dáil debate on them …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 27 January]
“For three governments in a row, ‘short-sighted’ and ‘sneaky’ seem to have become the relevant terms in operation when bringing in controversial, high-impact legislation on digital issues. In the past, from the government’s perspective, this approach has worked well …” (more)
[Karlin Lillington, Irish Times,27 January]
“Junior Innovation Minister Seán Sherlock has said he remains committed to implementing new internet copyright legislation – but has said he is personally willing to bring forward full primary legislation, which would allow for full Oireachtas debates …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 26 January]
“… The timing of the statutory instrument, which is due to be signed this week, couldn’t have been worse for the Irish Government considering it was only last week that massive public protest derailed the progress of the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US. Some 30,000 people have signed a petition against the signing of the statutory instrument …” (more)
[John Kennedy, Silicon Republic, 26 January]
“The Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation, Sean Sherlock, has published draft legislation for a controversial statutory instrument dealing with online piracy …” (more)
[Business Post, 26 January]
“.. The last thing innovators need is a culture where the outputs of their creative endeavours have to be locked away or kept secret for the fear of theft. Ireland is very proud of the fact that we have a modern suite of intellectual property laws that by their very nature balance a range of competing interests and rights in a manner that is seen, right across the globe, as reasonable and proportionate …” (more)
[Cork Politics, 25 January]
“I spent the morning at a seminar on Legal Issues for the Third Level Sector hosted by the Arthur Cox Technology & Intellectual Property Group. The morning was chaired by Rob Corbet. First up were …” (more)
[Eoin O’Dell, Cearta, 15 October]
“Strategy ties ‘enlightened self-interest’ to creation and spread of knowledge. Giving up intellectual property rights stemming from academics’ work can help universities increase the income generated from research and retain their best staff …” (more)
[Hannah Fearn, Times Higher Education, 29 July]
“Universities are losing millions of pounds a year managing their intellectual property rights thanks to a patenting system that favours the business sector, it has been warned. A technology transfer expert has called for an overhaul to stem the financial waste caused by the system …” (more)
[Hannah Fearn, Times Higher Education, 10 June]
“Ireland’s intellectual property regime is to be overhauled under plans to be revealed today [Tuesday] at the first meeting of a group set up to drive the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce, according to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe …” (more)
[DETI, 1 June]
“Close to 120,000 new jobs could be created if Ireland transforms itself into an innovation centre, according to the report from the Government’s Innovation Taskforce to be published tomorrow. But the final draft report – seen by The Irish Times – warns that a ‘sea change in attitudes towards innovation and enterprise is also required’ …” (more)
[Sean Flynn, Irish Times, 10 March]
“A decision by the High Court of Australia earlier this month has dispelled assumptions by universities that they, as with private companies, automatically own the intellectual property rights to discoveries or inventions of their staff …” (more)
[Geoff Maslen, University World News, 28 February]
