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IP ENFORCMENT ROUNDUP Swiss government responds to Berne Declaration criticism of ACTA 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 November. The Swiss response discusses ACTA and medicines (noting that the agreement will not address the problem of […]
Gaëlle Krikorian and Amy Kapczynski, editors. Complete Text: Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property. Contributors: Ahmed Abdel Latif, Philippe Aigrain, Jeffrey Atteberry, Yochai Benkler, Yann Moulier Boutaing, Carlos Correa, Laura DeNardis, Sarah Deutsch, Peter Drahos, Hala Essalmawi, Rick Falkvinge, Sean Flynn, Vera Franz, Spring Gombe, Anil Gupta, Ellen ‘t Hoen, Charles Igwe, […]
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 the problem of substandard drugs), border measures, and transparency. Patrick Durisch from Berne Declaration has […]
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 expansive and broad.[2] 3. Definitions go beyond TRIPS. a. TRIPS defines “counterfeit trademark goods” and […]
Stichting Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (BREIN) announced that it and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) convinced hosting companies to take down 51 torrent sites in January. Last year, BREIN says they won the takedown of over 600 sites. The International Business Times reports that BREIN conducts anti-piracy “stings” in 12 countries, making […]
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). Given the similar pro-digital agendas of the negotiating parties, it is not surprising that the […]