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EU Parliament rejects ACTA
Posted on 七月 6, 2012 by adminsampsung in UncategorizedBy Eleonora Rosati to The IPKat on 7/05/2012 01:05:00 PM Readers of the IPKat will be well aware of the troubles the controversial Anti-Counterfeting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has gone through since the EU signed it last January, following unanimous adoption by the Council in December 2011 (see earlier posts here and here). A few weeks [...]
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ACTA to be sent for judicial scrutiny: a Commissioner speaks
Posted on 二月 22, 2012 by adminsampsung in Uncategorizedby Jeremy @ The IPKat on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 A press release today from the European Commission is destined to buy time for the European Union’s decision to opt for ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: full text here) while political spin is put in place to make the unpopular and deeply-suspected Agreement more palatable — and less legally objectionable — to [...]
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ACTA back in the news
Posted on 二月 3, 2012 by adminsampsung in Uncategorizedby Birgit Clark at The IPKat The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is back in the news and matters are as confusing and opaque as ever (see the IPKat’s earlier reports here). Last week 22 of 27 EU countries (including the UK) signed up to ACTA (in Tokyo… of all places) and it is now for the European Parliament to approve the [...]
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ACTA Doubts Rampant In Europe; Industry Call For “Reasoned Assessment”
Posted on 一月 22, 2012 by adminsampsung in UncategorizedBy William New, Intellectual Property Watch Europeans came out by the thousands this week to protest the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), as it goes before the parliament and the remaining governments that have not yet signed on. But a large number of industry associations sent a letter pushing officials to carefully consider the agreement before dismissing [...]
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US Competitiveness Report Shows Struggle With Balance Of IP And Access
Posted on 一月 18, 2012 by adminsampsung in UncategorizedBy William New, Intellectual Property Watch A new report from the United States Department of Commerce on competitiveness and innovation details the US need to boost innovation in order to compete globally and grow the economy. But while it stresses the need for strong intellectual property rights enforcement to create high-priced monopolies as an incentive for [...]
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