Category: IPR Enforcement

Notes for a consumer perspective on ACTA text

Official ACTA text from a consumer perspective: a few ideas 1. Consumers demand that the Anti-counterfeiting trade agreement limits its scope to counterfeiting as defined by international law. It is imperative for consumer protection that ACTA clearly defines what “counterfeiting”…

A few ACTA notes

fter speaking with people in or close to the negotiations, European Commission and Spanish Presidency of the EU, this is some of what I have gathered despite dealing with very tight-lipped people: 1. The negotiations are not going that well…

The broad threats of ACTA

ACTA THREATENS: DEMOCRACY: ACTA aims to create a new model of global governance that bypasses the normal procedures of multilateral international institutions, the European Parliament and national legislatures.

ACTA campaign rolls on in the EU

The almost unanimous approval of a European Parliament resolution critical of ACTA (http://bit.ly/da3Mso) last Wednesday seems to have taken the EC and some member states by surprise. Now according to our informations they are organizing the counter-attack and the future…

Should you be concerned about ACTA? These people are.

Privacy and data protection “Intellectual property must be protected, but it should not be placed above individuals’ rights to privacy and data protection.” Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), issued a report on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), claiming…