[A2k] G8 on ACTA and SPLT

[George Willingmyre]

Dear Petra and all

Thanks for this

link to source document is
http://www.g8summit.go.jp/eng/doc/doc080709_01_en.html

Best Regards,

George T. Willingmyre, P.E.
President, GTW Associates
1012 Parrs Ridge Drive
Spencerville, MD 20868 USA
www.gtwassociates.com  1.301.421.4138
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From: "Petra Buhr" <petra@ipjustice.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:18 AM
Subject: [A2k] G8 on ACTA and SPLT


> G8 Declaration on the World Economy:
> http://www.mofa.go.jp/u_news/2/20080708_115219.html
>
> [...]
>
> *Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)*
> 17. Effective promotion and protection of IPR are critical to the
> development of creative products, technologies and economies. We will
> advance existing anti-counterfeiting and piracy initiatives through,
> inter alia, promoting information exchange systems amongst our
> authorities, as well as developing non-binding Standards to be Employed
> by Customs for Uniform Rights Enforcement (SECURE) at the World Customs
> Organization. We encourage the acceleration of negotiations to establish
> a new international legal framework, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
> Agreement (ACTA), and seek to complete the negotiation by the end of
> this year. We will promote practical cooperation between our countries
> to develop tools to combat new techniques in counterfeiting and piracy
> and spread best practices. We reaffirm our commitment on government use
> of software in full compliance with the relevant international
> agreements and call on other countries to follow our commitment.
>
> 18. Firmly believing that an efficient and well-functioning IP system
> benefits countries at all stages of development, we:
> (a)reaffirm the importance of global patent harmonization and expanding
> international patent collaboration, including accelerated discussions on
> the Substantive Patent Law Treaty; and
> (b)welcome the progress achieved in the G8 technical assistance pilot
> plans as well as the launch of additional pilot plans and joint outreach
> programs for public awareness in these countries.
>
>
> --
> Petra Buhr
> Global Policy Fellow
> IP Justice
>
> www.ipjustice.org
> petra@ipjustice.org
>
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