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The ACTA Leak

By Michael Geist

I've received a huge number of emails referencing the leak of a document that outlines possible provisions in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.  The leaked document has been circulating around for some time and it is not clear who is the original source (ie. government or trade group).  Regardless, it reinforces the concerns that the ACTA is being negotiated behind closed doors with absolutely no transparency.  The Canadian government's participation demonstrates again that Industry Minister Jim Prentice is not a leader on IP - he takes orders rather than gives them.  Some of my past postings on ACTA can be found here, here, here, and here.  CIPPIC had a great ACTA submission to DFAIT and IP Justice maintains an excellent collection of links as well.

Full post as published by Michael Geist on May 23, 2008 (boomark / email).