[Chapter-delegates] [Comments sought] - Draft ISOC statement on ACTA

[Christopher Wilkinson]

Dear Christine Runnegar:

Thankyou for this draft statement which I support. It is correct for  
ISOC to limit our comments at this stage to those aspects of ACTA  
which are specific to the Internet, although this is quite difficult  
in practice because patents, copyrights and trademarks are all mixed  
up in the final text.

Regarding transparency, I would suggest amending paragraphs 1 and 6 on  
page 1. At this stage, the Parties have no option but to publish the  
text (since they hope it will be implemented in national and EU laws.)  
Thus our thanks and felicitations are not quite in order. As you point  
out on page 2, the damage done was that there was inadequate  
transparency during the negotiation period. The reference to WSIS is  
very important.

I look forward to the final version. If you receive requests for  
substantial changes, please consult us again.

Regards,

Christopher Wilkinson.


On 23 Jan 2011, at 20:47, runnegar at isoc.org wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> We would like to invite your comments on a proposed Internet Society  
> statement on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Our  
> intention is to submit the statement to the Office of the United  
> States Trade Representative (USTR) public consultation which closes  
> on 15 February 2011, and use the statement to guide our engagement  
> in other regions.
>
> We will be collecting comments until 5 February 2011.
>
> Background
>
> Australia, Canada, the European Union and its 27 member states,  
> Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore,  
> Switzerland and the United States of America have negotiated a trade  
> agreement regarding counterfeiting and enforcement of intellectual  
> property rights, known as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.  
> The final version of the agreed text was released in December 2010.
>
> In 2010, the Internet Society made two submissions on the then draft  
> Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to public consultations  
> held in Europe and New Zealand. You will find these documents on our  
> ACTA web page at http://www.isoc.org/internet/issues/acta.shtml.
>
> Later in the year, we invited your observations and views on the  
> negotiated ACTA text that was released in October 2010, after the  
> final round of negotiations.  Subsequently, in December 2010, the  
> negotiating governments released the final version of the ACTA text.  
> A copy of this text is available at http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/acta/index.html 
> .
>
> Many thanks to all those who have already contributed to the  
> Internet Society's statements on this issue.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christine
>
> ____________________
>
> Christine Runnegar
> Senior Manager Public Policy
> Internet Society
> www.isoc.org
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