U.S. cables released by wikileaks show that the agreement was developed with the intention of establishing new norms against which to measure the efforts of middle income countries not involved in the negotiations. They show that Europeans were agitated by…
An opinion on ACTA drafted by European academics identifies the most critical aspects of ACTA and shows how it clashes both with EU law and with the enforcement provisions of the TRIPS Agreement. FFII reports that EU trade negotiator Pedro…
The first afternoon panel at the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy was moderated by Simon Crompton, editor of the British publication Managing IP. He opened by noting that ACTA has been criticized both for having been negotiated in a…
Switzerland’s Minister of Justice and Police has responded to a critique of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement sent by the Berne Declaration and Alliance Sud last year. The Swiss response discusses ACTA and medicines (noting that the agreement will not address…
Download as a PDF Jimmy Koo, PIJIP Fellow January 28, 2010 Generally 1. Each section of ACTA should be limited to copyrights and trademark rights. [1] See Kaminski Paper p. 28. 2. The mandatory obligations of ACTA parties are too…
Though negotiations are still underway on the South Korean – US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), the officially released version features significantly more strenuous provisions regarding IP enforcement and the Internet than those found in ACTA (Dec. 3, 2010 version).…
A group of prominent European academics coordinated by Rita Matulionyte and Axel Metzger from the Leibniz University in Hanover has released an opinion on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The opinion identifies the most critical aspects of ACTA and shows…
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has requested written submissions from the public in advance of the 2011 Special 301 Report. It has also announced a public hearing on the special 301 Report to be held March 2. Any member of…
Bannerman, Sara. 2010. WIPO and the ACTA Threat. PIJIP Research Paper no. 4. American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC. Abstract: The new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been seen as a potentially existential threat to the existing World…
The U.S. Trade Representative has requested comments on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which it describes as “a proposed agreement to strengthen international cooperation, enforcement practices and legal frameworks for addressing counterfeiting and piracy.” Comments are due by February 15, 2011,…
IP Watch on January 25 published GlaxoSmithKline’s position statement on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The company generally supports the agreement, as it “fully supports any efforts aimed at ensuring strong enforcement of IPRs.” GSK would have preferred to have seen…
Inside U.S. Trade December 17 Parties to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may sign the text of the final agreement in late May on the sidelines of the ministerial for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris,…