Wikileaks has made another big splash yesterday — not
about spying, but about a multinational trade agreement currently being
negotiated. Wikileaks published a draft chapter on intellectual property that is
part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), now being negotiated
with 12 countries — Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Chile,
Singapore, Peru, Vietnam, New Zealand, and Brunei Darussalam.
The 95-page chapter, as a negotiating document, includes
proposed provisions and language on a broad range of intellectual property
issues, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, pharmaceuticals, and the
Internet. The chapter also includes enforcement mechanisms for violations of
the agreement. Individual countries’ initials next to the provisions or words
in brackets show which countries support or oppose the particular language.
It’s a difficult document to parse, as many of the
provisions reference other agreements and treaties, particularly the Agreement
on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, commonly known as
TRIPS, which is administered by the World Trade Organization…..To Read More….
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