Australian Government seeking to enact “dystopian” anti-free speech laws
No, it is not the year 1984 and big brother is not monitoring our every thought, but the Australian Parliament has introduced legislation that would have scarily close implications to a modern-day Orwellian society. Recently, the Albanese government introduced Bill 2024 to the Parliament, which while attempting to decrease the harm of misinformation could have […]
Free Market Principles Carve a Way Forward for Armenia
Armenia is a tiny country in a difficult neighborhood. The size of the 41st largest U.S. state with only half its people (Maryland and three million), Armenia is landlocked in the mountainous South Caucuses. Despite natural and geopolitical obstacles outside its control Armenia is carving a path similar to Singapore by putting free-market principles into action […]
Interview with Pieter Cleppe on Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights in the Biotech Industries.
The Property Rights Alliance had the pleasure of interviewing Pieter Cleppe, the founder and editor-in-chief of Brussels Report, a free-market media outlet dedicated to news and analysis covering the European Union, and author of the case study “The Importance of IP Protection for Belgian Biotech Company, Argenx” on the importance of IP protection for the […]
PRA Celebrates WIPO IP Day “Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity.”
By Jackson Avery On April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) proposes a day to celebrate women’s contributions to protecting Intellectual Property. The theme for this year is “Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity.” The Property Rights Alliance (PRA) is excited to celebrate alongside WIPO. To commemorate and defend WIPO IP Day, PRA […]
America And Malaysia Unite Against IP Theft
The threat of intellectual property theft is an international phenomenon that must be tackled through multilateral cooperation between states. For decades, protecting intellectual property rights has been a fundamental foreign policy goal for the United States, a policy that covers both foreign and local businesses. This new pilot program between Malaysia and the United States […]
Report about the 2022 Thailand Policy Innovation Forum
The 2022 Thailand Policy Innovation Forum was organized by The Social Science Association of Thailand and Tholos Foundation and held in Bangkok, Thailand on July 11, 2022. Speakers discussed topics including the digital economy, economic liberalization, international property rights, and much more. The Policy Innovation Forum was covered extensively by Thai press. A report highlighting […]
U.S. Support of TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines Hurts IP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 5, 2021 WASHINGTON: Property Rights Alliance urgently calls on the Biden-Harris Administration to reverse its support of the vaccine waiver at the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council led by South Africa and India. PRA stresses now more than ever that the intellectual property rights of COVID-19 vaccines merit […]
Trade War Fails to Stop China’s Theft of IP
One of the last reports out of the office of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer indicates that China is still the “primary source” of counterfeit goods entering the United States. Over the last four years, Americans have made major sacrifices in an attempt to win the U.S.-China trade war. A recent study by Oxford Economics estimates that […]
Τhe impact of artificial intelligence on intellectual property rights
Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to those systems of computer science that demonstrate intelligent behavior and are concerned with building smart machines. Some recent headlines refer to paintings produced by machines or drugs discovered by computer programs. The number of enterprises implementing AI technologies has grown by 270 percent over the past four years with a […]
Australia’s Misguided Attack on American Companies
America is the most innovative country in the world because American workers hustle to innovate and create new products and services. Competition is the key element to always strive for excellence and no government should be able to pick winners and losers. Unfortunately, at least one bureaucracy in Australia does not like the competition.