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Michael Geist - Remaining ACTA Disagreements Areas
Michael Geist - The ACTA Scorecard: Major Remaining Areas of Disagreement
Wednesday July 21, 2010
The latest ACTA leak of the text following the June meeting in Lucerne has provided fodder for several posts, including one assessing the growing rift between the U.S. and E.U., Canadian positions on ACTA, the changed U.S. position on anti-circumvention rules, and a look at geographical indications, a key issue for the EU.
Today's post identifies many of the remaining areas of disagreement. While there are many more sections with text that has not reached consensus, these are the issues where different wording leads to very different substantive obligations. As previously discussed, most of the issues come down to the U.S. on one side and the E.U. on the other. Many involve scope concerns, with the U.S. trying to limit the treaty to copyright and trademark, while the E.U. adamant that it should extend to all intellectual property.
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Full post: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5222/125/
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