Students in the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic assisted AARP Foundation attorneys who served as amicus counsel in Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. The brief was filed with the United States Supreme Court on January 13, 2012.

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On February 17 Professor Jorge Contreras appeared on Hearsay Culture a radio interview show and podcast. The podcast addressed the impact of copyright law on traditional sharing of research among scientists and what can be done to address its impact.

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Professor Jorge Contreras published a guest blog entitled "The February of FRAND" for the popular patent blog Patently O. The blog addresses recent statements on the so-called 'FRAND' (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) licensing terms that ETSI participabnts are required to use when licensing standards-essential patents put out by Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

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Professor Sean Flynn and the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property are organizing and overseeing a working group on Access to Medicines, as part of the Inaugural Conference on Global Health and Access to Medicines. The conference will take place on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 from 3:30 PM to 9:00 PM and on Thursday, March 22, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.

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On March 4, 2012, Sean Flynn delivered a speech on "Learning From ACTA: Toward a Positive Agenda for the TPP" at the TPP Stakeholder Forum at the 11th Round of the TPP Negotiations.

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Michael Carroll will speak on an expert panel at the DC Independent Film Festival's on the Hill Summit on Thursday, March 1st from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. The panel will discuss "Online Piracy and File Sharing." The event will take place in room 1310 of the Longworth Building on Capitol Hill; it is free and open to the public.

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The Center for American Progress and the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning will hold an event on February 7, at 10AM, to explore how Open Source Education Resources and how they can impact college affordability and access. Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter will give a keynote address, and PIJIP Prof. Michael Carroll will participate in a panel at the event.

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"There is little coherence in the measurement and assessment of sustainability attributes, resulting in competing, inconsistent and often imprecise eco-labels, standards and certifications. This discord has led to confusion among consumers and commercial purchasers alike, as well as inconsistent sustainability criteria in building certification programmes."

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Michael Carroll was recently quoted in a Huffington Post Article entitled "iBooks Author Requires Selling Original Bookstore, Says Apple's Controvertial Contract."

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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the release of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, a clear and easy-to-use statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use developed by and for librarians who support academic inquiry and higher education. The Code was developed in partnership with the Center for Social Media and the Washington College of Law at American University. Winston Tabb, Johns Hopkins University Dean of University Libraries and Museums and President of ARL, said, “This document is a testament to the collective wisdom of academic and research librarians, who have asserted careful and considered approaches to some very difficult situations that we all face every day.”

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