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Another bigger and better ACTA leak
March 1st, 2010 Border, Copyrights, Internet, Trademarks none Comments

Within two weeks of an alleged leak we have another bigger and better document allegedly stepping through the internet terms of the highly secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).  The new document appears to be a European Union (EU) paper outlining the Internet and Civil Enforcement chapters, and setting forth proposals from the U.S. and responses from the EU, Japan, and other negotiating countries.  Highlights include:

  • US advocacy of anti-circumvention controls and opposition from the EU, Japan and New Zealand.
  • Arguments for internet service provider liability for knowing facilitation of infringement.
  • US advocacy of global implementation of a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) style enforcement protocol.
  • Advocacy by some countries of limiting ACTA civil enforcement provisions to trademarks and copyrights and not to all intellectual property.
  • The EU is seeking injunctive powers against infringing intermediaries.

For more information check out the article on Michael Geist’s Blog.

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