Stuart Trew reports on a call last week with Canadian officials on the status of the Canada – EU Trade Agreement. The intellectual property provisions remain a sticking point with the EU seeking “a total re-write of Canadian IP rules.”
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Final Version of ACTA Posted
A new final version of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement – formally adopted on April 15, 2011 and opened for signature on May 1, 2011 – has been posted online. ACTA will remain open for signature until May 2013.

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Episode 278: Ben Waldman on Gander Social and the Challenges of Building a Sovereign Social Network
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