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1Consumers International Releases IP Watch List 1 Citation With the U.S. Special 301 Report set for release today, Consumers International has released its own IP Watchlist . This list of 16 countries found that consumers benefit most from the laws in India and South Korea, while the UK is the most restrictive. It also noted that the U.S. applies a double standard, with "far more flexibility for U.S. consumers than for people in the countries they criticize.", technorati.com
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The Absurdity of the USTR's Blame Canada Approach 1 Citation The IIPA, the lead U.S. lobbyist on international IP matters, has issued a press release on the USTR Special 301 report, welcoming the inclusion of Canada on the Priority Watch List. Yet the release inadvertently demonstrates why the designation is so absurd. Included at the end are the estimated software piracy percentages for each country on the list. While the BSA claims are themselves subject to challenge, compare Canada to the remainder of the list. Canada comes in at 32%. The remain, technorati.com
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Canada Finally Guilty As Charged? 1 Citation As we await in intense suspense the "Special 301" report from Washington, it is perhaps time for Canada to confess to its past piracy peccadilloes.The NY Times has a dramatic exposé of Canadian piracy, counterfeiting, intermediary liability and cross border illicit commerce and piracy that has devastated the American music publishing industry by 50%. The American music publishers were sufficiently concerned that they held a three day conference about this "last week."The thing is that "last week, technorati.com
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1 Citation The International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) is an organisation that represents companies concerned with trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. The IACC submitted the following recommendations to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in their annual Special 301 review of intellectual property protection issues in foreign countries. As in the past years, China and Russia remain the main concern for the IACC. China should be dealt with as a Priority Foreign Country,, technorati.com
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Nintendo Asks U.S. Trade Representative to Help Fight Piracy 1 Citation Nintendo has outlined a list of countries around the globe that remain leaders in denying adequate and effective protection of video game products. In its annual comments to the U.S. Trade Representative under the ?Special 301? process, Nintendo has singled out countries where piracy is rampant and has asked the United States to take further steps to combat it. Nintendo?s filing listed People?s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Paraguay as problem states. Nintendo, technorati.com
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1 Citation Nintendo has issued a release summarizing its submission to the USTR in the Special 301 process. Despite the regular, inaccurate attempts by some groups to paint Canada as piracy haven, Canada is nowhere to be found on the Nintendo list. , technorati.com
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1 Citation In a demonstration of true bipartisanship, the Obama Administration today elevated Canada to the ?Priority Watch List? on the U.S. Trade Representative?s ? Special 301 Report ?. A country is placed on the Priority Watch List if the country?s intellectual policy practices ??have the most onerous or egregious acts, policies, or practices and whose acts, policies, or practices have the greatest adverse impact (actual or potential) on the relevant U.S. products?.Countries placed on the Priority Wat, technorati.com
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Clement's Office Says Copyright Consultations Coming This Summer 1 Citation Among the myriad of reports on the USTR's legally dubious decision to place Canada on the Priority Watch List, one from Reuters is particularly noteworthy as it includes a reaction from Industry Minister Tony Clement's spokesperson. Darren Cunningham is quoted as saying "we are looking forward to doing consultations on copyright this summer." This is very important for several reasons. First, it confirms the timeline for the next copyright bill as being the fall at the earliest. Second, it, technorati.com
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U.S. Congressional Caucus Places Canada On Another Watch List 1 Citation Because one unfounded and unsupportable designation as a pirate nation is never enough, the U.S. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus has placed Canada on a watch list alongside China, Mexico, Russia and Spain. This is a separate list from the USTR Special 301 list., technorati.com
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Copycense on a History of The Special 301 Report 1 Citation Copycense has a great piece that explores the history of the U.S. Special 301 list, dating back to the mid-1970s and the efforts of IBM and Pfizer to promote global intellectual property protection., technorati.com
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