ACTA
USTR responds to Senator Wyden's letter on ACTA
Submitted by Malini Aisola on 2. March 2010 - 17:01Ambassador Ron Kirk has issued a response to Senator Wyden's letter dated January 6, 2010. The official press release from Senator Wyden's office follows:
U.S. Senator Ron WydenFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jennifer Hoelzer (Wyden): (202) 224-3789
March 2, 2010Wyden Gets Some Answers on ACTA Negotiations
USTR Responds on Range of Issues, including Internet Access and Drug Sales
The ACTA Leak is useful, but there are still plenty of secrets
Submitted by Manon Ress on 4. November 2009 - 11:57This is a note about the leaked ACTA documents, that have been reported now by several news organizations and bloggers.*
On September 30, 2009, the EU wrote a three page memo on the Internet chapter of ACTA. This is about a week after the USTR held a secret meeting with selected corporate lobbyists and lawyers to debate the ACTA Internet under terms of a tough non-disclosure agreement.
Positive outcome reached at WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement while ACTA looms in the East
Submitted by thiru on 2. November 2009 - 11:02While the 6th Round of negotiations of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is taking place in Seoul, Republic of Korea from November 4-6, 2009, the 5th session of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) met from November 2-4, 2009.
KEI general statement to 2009 WIPO General Assembly
Submitted by thiru on 29. September 2009 - 6:25The following is the general statement that KEI delivered to the WIPO General Assembly on September 29, 2009.
General Statement of KEI
WIPO 2009 General Assembly
September 29, 2009
ACTA
Outside of WIPO, some countries are involved in secretive negotiations on a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). KEI asks WIPO to adopt a resolution calling for an end to the secrecy of this negotiation. Global norms for the enforcement of IP should be transparent and benefit from comments from the public before decisions are made on substantive provisions.
PhRMA comments to USTR on ACTA
Written by James Love
Wednesday, 09 July 2008
Wednesday, 09 July 2008
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA (PhRMA) ANTI-COUNTERFETING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA) COMMENTS
March 21, 2008
RIAA Suggestions for content of ACTA
Written by James Love
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Thursday, 26 June 2008
These are the substantive suggestions for provisions of the ACTA that the RIAA sent to the USTR on March 17, 2008.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
The governments of the United States, the European Commission, Japan, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Canada, and Mexico are negotiating a trade agreement named the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agrement (ACTA). Despite the name, the agreement is designed to address not only counterfeiting, but a wide range of intellectual property enforcement issues.
Obama trade officials promise thorough review of transparency policies
Submitted by James Love on 20. March 2009 - 9:08The following report was prepared by KEI, and reviewed by Daniel Sepulveda of USTR:
What should be transparent in trade and treaty negotiations?
Submitted by James Love on 16. March 2009 - 6:14KEI doing work on the transparency of global trade and treaty negotiations, particularly but not exclusively as relates to IPR negotiations.
One area that has received attention recently (after a year of complaints), seems to be recent USTR denial of access to the negotiating texts of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which is basically an IPR enforcement agreement only marginally related to the emotive title, “counterfeits.”
Canada on disclosure of ACTA documents
Submitted by James Love on 15. March 2009 - 6:42Michael Geist reports he has obtained under the Canada Access to Information Act” a confidential November 2008 memorandum written by Stockwell Day, the Canada Minister of International Trade, that says in part:
