Nokia’s global director of brand protection has published a critical column on ACTA in the World Trademark Review (sub required). The column says that ACTA is unnecessarily broad and that by excluding key countries from the negotiations, those countries “are practically forced into a position of opposition.”
News
SAC Renews Calls for Legalized Downloading With Levies
The SAC’s Eddie Schwartz has an op-ed in the Straight, renewing the call for the legalization of downloading in return for a monthly ISP levy.
Copyright Bill Disturbs Rights Balance Between Creators and Users
Jenna Wilson and Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy, IP lawyers with Dimock Stratton LLP in Toronto, argue in the Lawyers Weekly that “Anti-circumvention provisions could be implemented in the Copyright Act without significantly disturbing the balance between users and creators in the way Bill C-32 does.”
NY Times, LA Times Both Approve New U.S. Digital Lock Exemptions
The NY Times and LA Times have both published masthead editorials approving the new digital lock exemptions announced last week in the U.S.
Jaszi on the DMCA Exemptions
Peter Jaszi provides a great review of how the U.S. DMCA exemption process has evolved for the better.
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