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Differences in prominent US and EU treaties concerning liability for service providers

2013-03-22 07:26:45

A comparison of language between two of the most substantive and recent free trade agreements (FTAs) adopted by the US and the EU for one controversial area of IP: liability for internet service providers (ISP) for infringing content.

Trade Commissioner: EU to seek GIs in US FTA, but no new ACTA

2013-02-22 02:44:19

EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht said he did not want to reopen the discussion on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which he called “a nail to my coffin.” As long as there is no respective EU legislation with regard to copyright protection on the internet, he will not try to “bring it in through the backdoor,” he said.

U.S. seeks Internet data flow safeguards in Asia-Pacific trade pact

2012-09-22 22:29:51

The United States is asking countries for strong rules to protect the free flow of data, ranging from video clips to back-room office operations, in talks on a Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a U.S. official said on Friday.

The Pacific free trade deal that's anything but free

2012-08-27 16:28:37

Just Foreign Policy is offering a reward, now up to $21,100, to WikiLeaks if it publishes a draft copy of the TPP. People could add to the reward fund, or if in a position to do so, make a copy of the draft agreement available to the world.

EU parliamentarians reject ACTA

2012-07-04 07:36:11

The EU Parliament has rejected the controversial global Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The decision is a victory for thousands of Europeans who took to the streets in furious protest against ACTA.

MEPs to 'finish off' ACTA on 4 July

2012-06-22 11:42:14

A European Parliament Committee rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) yesterday despite pro-business lobbying by Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, who insisted that Parliament should not decide before the European Court of Justice gives its opinion. A final vote in the full Parliament is expected on 4 July.

More tumult at the TPP: Secret negotiations against internet freedom continue in Chile; Big Pharma allies attempt to shut down critics' event (again)

2012-04-12 08:22:57

Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which the US is negotiating with Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam are continuing this week (April 9-13) in Santiago, Chile in the form of an “intersessional meeting” on intellectual property – focusing on internet policy.

Special report: TPP negotiations to heat up in Melbourne over patents, copyright, medicines

2012-02-21 07:02:51

The TPP is gaining attention throughout the world not only because it holds the promise of opening up markets in participating countries and exporting stronger intellectual property protections enjoyed in the United States, but because some fear a greater backlash could ensue in the wake of outcry over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

Keeping SOPA measures out of trade agreements ACTA, TPP

2012-02-17 03:40:35

As protests against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) sweep across Europe, two conclusions are possible: the era of closed-door IP policy is over; and the content industry's insatiable quest for more power and control is no longer irresistible.

ACTA opponents welcome Germany's decision

2012-02-10 17:08:41

Opponents of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) welcomed the official decision by the German government today to wait for action from the European Parliament before signing the treaty, calling it a sign that the debate over the balance between copyright protection and Internet freedom has become more explicitly political.

ACTA and TPP: The new enemies of the World Wide Web

2012-02-09 19:25:54

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) are essentially an alteration to SOPA and PIPA for the rest of the world.

ACTA protests lead EU Governments to suspend endorsement of the text

2012-02-07 20:49:25

Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have announced that they will delay their endorsement of a controversial trade agreement following a tide of public protest.

ISPs targeted in Pacific trade agreement

2011-05-13 11:12:11

Representatives from Australia's internet industry have called for full disclosure of a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and its allies in the Pacific, concerned that the deal asks ISPs to shoulder onerous burdens around copyright infringement.

Anti-counterfeiting trade pact ‘99 percent' complete

2010-10-07 02:12:24

Talks on a controversial “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” are very nearly complete, following what participating nations described as the “final” round of negotiations in Tokyo last week.

Treaty negotiators turn to “ACTA lite” in hopes of closure

2010-09-08 03:26:10

Everyone you ask this week about the Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (ACTA) tells you that they're just about to work their way through the new draft version to understand the implications of changes made during the recent negotiation round in Washington, DC. Massive changes to the text have been revealed by yet another leak of the draft treaty text being negotiated by 10 countries and the EU 27 member states.

Q & ACTA, with Michael Geist

2010-04-14 02:02:54

With the Wellington round of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) talks underway, organised opposition to the proposed treaty on intellectual property rights and enforcement is also gathering in the New Zealand capital. A brief chat with a global expert on the ACTA treaty.

ACTA not linked to free-trade agreement, say officials

2010-04-14 01:50:03

Officials negotiating New Zealand's position on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) intellectual-property treaty say they have no perspective on the separate negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Nor would they be involved in any trade-off of ACTA concessions against broader free-trading rights.

FFII calls to remove IP chapter from EU-Korea free trade agreement

2010-01-10 03:56:00

The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) calls upon the EU Parliament and member states to remove the intellectual property rights chapter from the EU - Korea Free Trade
Agreement.

India, ASEAN sign deal on free trade in goods

2009-08-13 20:58:15

India and the 10-country Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN signed a free trade agreement on Thursday after more than six years of negotiations, but the deal did not embrace software and information technology.

Microsoft comes down squarely on side of FTA

2009-01-08 23:58:59

Microsoft has called for the incoming Barack Obama administration to push ahead with ratification of the pending free trade deal with Korea, saying it "establishes a foothold for the US in Asia."