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On July 26, fourteen Democratic Members of the House Committee on Ways and Means have written President Obama asking that a policy deal struck in 2007 by Congressional Democrats and the Bush Administration to guide the requirements of Free Trade Agreements be upheld in the Trans Pacific Partnership. Commonly referred to as the “May 10” […]
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP European Parliament DG for External Policies Policy Department Report Recommends Against “Unconditional Consent” for ACTA The EU Directorate General for External Policies has issued a report on ACTA in advance of this fall’s debate over ratification. Its primary recommendation is that “unconditional consent would be an inappropriate response from the European Parliament […]
A July 13 letter from 22 Members of Congress to President Obama asks the administration to seek high standards for intellectual property protection in the Trans Pacific Partnership, and to use the provisions in the pending Korea-US Free Trade Agreement as a model: “We believe the TPP IP provisions should build upon the high standards […]
Australian Ambassador Kim Beasley has vowed that Australia will not change the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act, which prohibits cigarette packs from displaying brands and logos, despite accusations that the law violates international trademark law. According to Inside U.S. Trade, last week Beasley “dismissed U.S. companies’ claims that the plain packaging law… unjustifiably restricts the use […]
Kimberlee Weatherall from University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law has written a detailed analysis of the copyright and IP enforcement provisions of the US proposed text for the IP chapter of the Trans Pacific Partnership that was leaked last February. She describes the text as a “mash-up” of provisions found in the Australia-US […]
The EU Directorate General for External Policies has issued a report on ACTA in advance of this fall’s debate over ratification. Its primary recommendation is that “unconditional consent would be an inappropriate response from the European Parliament given the issues that have been identified with ACTA at it stands.” Author Mike Palmedo Mike Palmedo is […]
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