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“The Problem with the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty (and What To Do About It)” by Aaron Shaw (KEI Studies)

By Robin Gross

In mid-February 2008, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a request for public comments on the proposed ?Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement? (ACTA). However, with the exception of a handful of press releases, information about the proposal itself remains scarce. Mainstream media outlets have printed USTR officials' talking points about the importance of winning ?the fight against fakes,? but have failed to analyze either the origins or the nature of the ACTA in any detail. What is ACTA? Where did it come from? How would it affect the trade and governance of the knowledge- based economy? In what follows, I provide preliminary answers to these questions and argue that ACTA would impose a narrow trade agenda at the expense of global cooperation and evidence-based policies.....

Full post as published by IP Justice on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).