The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade has released a working paper that responds to a February “Opinion of European Academics on the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.” The Opinion signed by 182 academics, argues that ACTA conflicts with both EU law…
Knowledge Ecology International has posted the written answers submitted to the Senate Finance Committee by US Trade Representative Ron Kirk after his March 9 testimony. In his responses to questions from Sen. Wyden, Kirk asserts that “ACTA can be implemented…
Michael Blakeney April 1, 2011 Original: The annual $US 60 billion trade in counterfeit and pirate products was the principal catalyst of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and its IP rights enforcement regime. However, 10…
Michael Geist March 21, 2011 The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has released its report on CETA and ACTA. The report, which is based on hearings that featured Minister Peter van Loan, includes a notable recommendation with respect to ACTA…
Claims that anti-counterfeiting agreement goes beyond EU law. By Simon Taylor 17.03.2011 / 05:08 CET Original: MEPs opposed to a new global anti-counterfeiting agreement will try next week to refer the pact to the European Court of Justice (ECJ),…
Original Post: March 16, 2011 By Ante Pedro Velasco Martins, EU ACTA negotiator, today answered FFII’s 30 December 2010 questions on the initialling of ACTA. ACTA was initialed on 25 November 2010, through an electronic procedure. The Commission chief-negotiator…
Repost from: Ian Grant March 14, 2011 The US is continuing its secret efforts to secure tougher copyright laws, even though its Hollywood-sponsored anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (Acta) has still to be validated, a leaked document has revealed. A 10…
Inside US Trade reports that Stan McCoy says USTR has not ruled out issuing a signing statement with ACTA: “We certainly don’t exclude the idea of issuing some kind of statement in connection with the signing,” McCoy told Inside U.S.…
Click here for selected comments to USTR on ACTA from Civil Society Groups Cick here for the complete docket of comments (ustr-2010-0014) on regulations.gov Comment by Thirty Law Professors: SUMMARY: We write to call on the Obama administration to comply…
Please join fellow legal academics in signing this draft statement to the administration on the constitutional problem with ACTA. The submission is open for editing comments and signatures until FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11 AT 4PM eastern standard time. The submission is…
A group of prominent European academics has released today an opinion on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The opinion identifies the most critical aspects of ACTA and invites European and national institutions to carefully consider the opinion before ratifying the…
OXFAM PRESS RELEASE, FEBRUARY 2, 2011: The proliferation of substandard, dangerous medicines in poor countries is being used by rich countries as an excuse to tighten intellectual property rules, boosting the profits of large pharmaceutical companies while making it harder…