Consumer Project on Technology

The Consumer Project on Technology was started in 1995. Our work is documented extensively on the CPTech web page. Currently CPTech is focusing on issues concerning the production of and access to knowledge, including medical inventions, information and cultural goods, and other knowledge goods. Much of this work concerns intellectual property poli... cy and practices, but some of it concerns different approaches to the production of knowledge goods, including for example new business models that support creative individuals and communities, and new incentive systems for investments in medical and agricutural inventions, such as those involving prizes and/or competitive Intermediaries. We also do some work on electronic commerce and competition policy. CPTech works mostly in English, but requests for information in Spanish should be directed to Judit Rius Sanjuan, and requests for information in French should be directed to Manon Ress. Judit Rius Sanjuan Foreign Law Adviser. Thiru Balasubramaniam is CPTech's Geneva Representative. CPTech's main support is from grants received from the Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and the Open Society Institute. We also receive some contributions from individuals. Our Washington, DC postal mailing address, telephone number and fax are: Our Geneva postal mailing address and telephone number are: Our London postal mailing address and telephone number are: Tel:+44(0)207 226 6663 ex 252. We can always use contributions. Tax deductible contributions (under 501(c)(3) of the IRS code) can be sent to CPTech at the address given above, made out to Essential Information, with a note that the money is to be spent on CPTech. CPTech is a project of the Center for the Study of Responsive Law and Essential Information. CPTech does not collect much information from web users except for the standard logs of usage, which we sometimes look at to understand how our pages are being used. We do not sell this information, or permit it to be used for advertising or any ...Read More