Cyndee Todgham Cherniak provides a trade law perspective on the latest CETA leak, noting that it is so far reaching that it may be inconsistent with the trade promotion goals of the agreement.
Archive for April, 2010
India Prepared to File WTO Complaint Against EU Over Generic Drug Seizures
Reuters reports that India is prepared to file a WTO complaint against the European Union for seizures of generic pharmaceuticals that transit in an EU port.
Summarizing the USTR’s Global IP Complaints
PIJIP has pulled out the USTR's IP complaints found in the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE). 71 countries are targeted for complaint in the report.
Supreme Court Grants Leave In Defamation Linking Case
The Supreme Court of Canada today granted leave to appeal in the Crookes v. Newton case, which involves alleged online defamation and the liability for linking to a defamatory article. Update: Coverage from Canwest on the implications of the case.
Clement and Moore on C-61, Copyright Reform and Innovation
As Industry Minister Tony Clement and Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore continue to work on a copyright reform package, it is worth reviewing comments from both Ministers over the past year about C-61, copyright reform, and innovation. The vision presented is that the world has changed since C-61, Canada has flexibility in how it implements digital reforms, and that technology and the Internet should be embraced as a great opportunity.
Clement on C-61 in July 2009 at the Calgary roundtable:
"C-61 doesn't exist anymore, it obviously died with the last Parliament, and if you think that there are other ways that we should frame new legislation, by all means please bring that to our attention as well. Don't feel constrained by the formulation in C-61. James and I are of the view that already some aspects of that Bill are out of date such as the movement of technology."