[A2k] Aaron shaw on ACTA, WIPO, WCO and USTR...

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Manon and all,

  I have a question.  What does if anything, ACTA do for warehoused
Domain Names as being IP being considered and often times sold
as a commodity and would such be considered "Fake Goods"?

Manon Ress wrote:

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> Corporate representatives, Trade Officials meet in New York to discuss
> ACTA
> Aaron Shaw
> March 11, 2008
> http://fringethoughts.wordpress.com/
>
> A March 4 article from the online magazine, Managing Intellectual
> Property identifies the primary constituency pushing for the ACTA
> proposal:
>
>       =94Representatives from the International Chamber of Commerce=92s
> (ICC) Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP)
> initiative gathered with government officials in New York yesterday to
> discuss strategies for ending the international trade in fake goods.
>
>      The meeting was attended by CEO=92s of companies such as Microsoft,
> General Electric and Pfizer, as well as the executive director of
> INTA, Alan Drewsen, the deputy secretary-general of WIPO, Michael
> Keplinger, and the secretary-general of the World Customs Organization
> (WCO), Michael Danet. US Trade Representative Susan Schwab also took
> part=94
>
> Nothing very surprising here, but I see two points worth noting.
> First, the roster of BASCAP=92s Global Leadership Group includes a
> number other heavy hitters that have traditionally supported rigid IP
> regulations such as Sony and EMI. Second, I wonder what the presence
> of WIPO deputy secretary-general Keplinger at this meeting means?
>
> One thing is for sure, Keplinger=92s participation in the ACTA meeting
> should not be construed to imply a broader mandate from WIPO or its
> membership. Back in April, 2006, IP Watch reported that Keplinger=92s
> nomination for his current position came from the US Commerce
> Department. The story details that Keplinger had previously worked in
> the office of foreign relations at the US Patent and Trademark Office
> (USPTO). The USPTO is one of the most active proponents of patent
> harmonization in the world. Is Keplinger just continuing his old line
> of work? According to this blog post by Jamie Love, Keplinger sounds
> like a holdout from the days when the US and corporate lobbyists
> dictated the terms of trade policy to the world. Those days are over.
>
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