Areas where the Oct 2, 2010 ACTA text is inconsistent with U.S. law
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Senator Wyden asks for legal review of ACTA
Noting the ACTA is being negotiated as an “executive agreement” because “it is not intended to impact U.S. law, but that “some experts outside of government are raising concerns that the ACTA text is contrary to U.S. law and its application or would present a barrier to changes in U.S. Continue Reading
Notes on the October 7, 2010 USTR NGO briefing on ACTA
Notes on the October 7, 2010 USTR NGO briefing on ACTA
By Judit Rius Sanjuan & Anne Mira Guha
Today, USTR held a nearly 2-hour public briefing on the new version of the ACTA text. USTR representatives present included Stan McCoy, Kira Alvarez, and Rachel Bae. Stan and Kira did most of the talking at the meeting.
The October 2, 2010 version of the ACTA text
The October 2, 2010 version of the ACTA text is now available. A copy is here.
See also: Areas where the Oct 2, 2010 ACTA text is inconsistent with U.S. law
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(revised 10:17 am, October 7, 2010)
Marcy Kaptur’s bill to create a compulsory license for patented seeds: the Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2009
Marcy Kaptur is a Democratic member of Congress from Ohio. In 2009 she introduced HR 3299, the Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2009. Continue Reading
Why does the Obama Administration insist on secrecy of the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) text?
Civil law injunctions and damages for infringement are national security hot spots 4% (10 votes) ACTA negotiators don’t want people asking informed questions about the substance of the agreement 69% (191 votes) No one in the Administration cares enough about… Continue Reading
Timeline of privileges regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge. Part 3: 2000 and after
Draft
This is work in progress, and is part of a larger project on timelines. This particular timeline is unfinished, and may contain errors.
Timeline of privileged regarding the commercialization and use of knowledge
Part 1: Notes on the August 25, 2010 version of the ACTA consolidated text
KEI has obtained a copy of the August 25, 2010 version of the ACTA consolidated negotiating text. This is Part 1 of our initial notes on the document.
(Part 2 is available here.)
(revised September 9, 2010)
Preamble
The preamble in the August, 25, 2010 text includes 10 paragraphs, of which only 3 do not have brackets.
Lunch with the ACTA negotiators, August 17, 2010
On Tuesday, August 17, 2010, USTR organized a lunch between ACTA negotiators and civil society NGOs. There was not much notice. We received our invite to the lunch last Thursday. Representatives from KEI, Public Citizen, Oxfam, Public Knowledge and the American University program on intellectual property attended the event.
ACTA’s Article 2.3, on “Other Remedies”: the July 1, 2010 text
Article 2.3 of the July 1, 2010 version of the ACTA text provides for “Other Remedies” for infringement. The Japan, Switzerland and EU versions of the text appear to be overreaching, including for example by directly conflicting with explicit TRIPS provisions and provisions in the laws of ACTA negotiating countries, including several European Countries.