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Border detention of counterfeit and/or "counterfeit" pharma products
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| So what is this 60 page document (which you
| can download here) all about? As ICTSD's
| website explains:
|
| "The detentions of generic medicines in
| transit as a result of the
| implementation by certain countries of
| border measures, which go beyond the
| minimum standards set by the TRIPS
| Agreement, have attracted international
| attention. At the same time, such
| measures are often considered, by these
| countries, as instrumental in the fight
| against the circulation of
| âcounterfeitâ medicines [The Kat thinks
| these countries, in so far as they are
| personified, are concerned with
| counterfeits, not "counterfeits". The
| agenda of specific rights owners may be
| a different matter]. Clearly, the
| border measures in question raise
| complex legal and technical issues
| under the rules of the World Trade
| Organization (WTO).
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2010/05/border-detention-of-counterfeit-andor.html
Written Declaration 12/2010 signatories list
http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Written_Declaration_12/2010_signatories_list
European Parliament Passes Resolution Calling on Canada To Support Moving ACTA to WIPO
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| In the aftermath of its success in
| promoting release of the ACTA draft text,
| it is interesting to see the European
| Parliament becoming increasingly vocal
| about the ACTA negotiations. Canada has
| remained generally silent on these issues
| and the EP resolution may help coax out a
| response.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5012/125/
Ofcom rattling ahead with Digital Economy Act letters regime
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/ofcom-rattling-ahead-with-digital-economy-act-letters-regime
Recent:
EFA: Cybercrime treaty an 'advance party' for ACTA
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| Australia's sudden decision to sign a
| European cybercrime treaty could lay the
| groundwork for aspects of the controversial
| Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA),
| according to Electronic Frontiers
| Australia.
|
| Last Friday, Attorney-General Robert
| McClelland and Minister for Foreign Affairs
| Stephen Smith announced that Australia
| would accede to the Council of Europe
| Convention on Cybercrime.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/173609,efa-cybercrime-treaty-an-advance-party-for-acta.aspx
How ACTA Exports Worst Of US Copyright Law Without Corresponding Exceptions
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| And, of course, the rationale for all of
| this? It's based on studies that our own
| government now says were bogus.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100428/1416549224.shtml
ACTA written declaration: 223 signatures to go!
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| La Quadrature du Net has sent a letter to
| the Members of the European Parliament who
| have yet to sign written declaration 12
| regarding ACTA, urging them to do so.
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http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-written-declaration-223-signatures-to-go
Indian Official: ACTA Out Of Sync With TRIPS and Public Health
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| All the ânoble announcementsâ made by EU
| and US officials about respect for the Doha
| Declaration on intellectual property trade
| and public health when negotiating the
| Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
| does not match the ACTA text, warned
| Ashutosh Jindal, adviser at the Embassy of
| India to the EU at a hearing organised by
| the Green Party Group in Brussels
| yesterday. The much-debated agreement that
| has only recently been made public would be
| very hard on countries like India that are
| trying to balance competing public policy
| issues, IPR protection and public health.
| Jindal pointed to provisions like ex-
| officio actions by border personnel on all
| types of IP rights infringements, including
| not only trademark infringement. The bar
| for searches and seizures is proposed to be
| lowered to a mere suspect of
| counterfeiting. ACTA seems to be an attempt
| to force developing countries to much
| harsher IPR protection measures, he said.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/05/05/indian-official-acta-out-of-sync-with-trips-and-public-health/
Help sign the Written Declaration 12/2010 about ACTA
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| The Written declaration 12/2010 was
| initiated by the Members of European
| Parliament FranÃoise Castex (S&D, FR),
| Alexander Alvaro (ALDE, DE), Stavros
| Lambrinidis (S&D, GR) and Zuzana RoithovÃ
| (EPP, CZ). It expresses concern about ACTA
| by declaring that the negotiated agreement
| must respect freedom of expression, privacy
| and Net neutrality (by protecting Internet
| actors against excessive legal liability).
| It calls on the Commission to publish all
| the texts under negotiation.
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http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Help_sign_the_Written_Declaration_12/2010_about_ACTA
'What is the point of ACTA?' asks French collecting society
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| The French audio-visual collecting society,
| SACD, says the dispute over ACTA
| transparency is â a dialogue of the deafâ.
| The SACD, which lobbied heavily for the
| copyright enforcement provisions in the
| Telecoms Package, now seems to be
| suggesting that there is no point to ACTA
| (Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement). We
| should ask why they might say this?
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http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=514&Itemid=9
Digital rights and Digital Economy Bill: an election issue
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| The politicians that have understood these
| questions have not been exclusively from
| one side of the debate. Bill Cash and John
| Redwood, as well as David Davies, stood up
| for our arguments; Labour MPs including Tom
| Watson, Eric Joyce and Mark Lazarowicz took
| a stand; Liberal Democrats including Nick
| Clegg have been highly critical, as well as
| Greens Caroline Lucas and Adrian Ramsay.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/digital-rights-an-election-issue
Guest Post - ACTA Text Released: Impact On India and Other Developing Countries
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| The metaphorical 'season-finale' of the ACTA
| negotiations, after relentless calls for
| transparency and public consultation,
| revealed the much awaited official draft
| text of the agreement, generating
| significant issues for not only
| participating nations but also developing
| countries that have been curiously
| overlooked during the discussions. In this
| post, I intend to bring out the political
| and diplomatic factors for such exclusion,
| and the impact of the substantive provisions
| contained in the draft text on developing
| countries, including India.
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http://spicyipindia.blogspot.com/2010/04/guest-post-acta-text-released-impact-on_29.html
The tail wagging the dog
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| The "copyright" industry consisting of a
| technologically obsolete Hollywood studios;
| music recording companies; and publishers of
| books is minuscule . To protect this
| pipsqueak industry, the Obama administration
| proposes both through the Department of
| Justice and the ACTA to impose draconian
| steps that will threaten many other not so
| pipsqueak industries, including the IT
| industry. Michele and I have pointed out the
| problem before.
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000002930
Caught in the ACTA: piracy and patents
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/04/caught-in-acta-piracy-and-patents.html
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