[bestbits] Fwd: TPP Series

[Carolina Rossini]

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From: *Sean Flynn* <sflynn at wcl.american.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Subject: TPP Series
To: IP-ENFORCEMENT at roster.wcl.american.edu


*Infojustice and IP-Watch have launched a blog series analyzing the Trans
Pacific Partnership intellectual property provisions by leading experts
around the world.  The series will publish weekly through the first quarter
of 2016. Jon Band’s most recent article is enclosed below. For other
articles in the series, click here
<http://infojustice.org/archives/tag/TPPAnalysis>.*

*To submit an article for publication, email a draft by Monday at noon to
mpalmedo at wcl.american.edu
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*Flexibility in the TPP Statutory Damages Provision*



[Jonathan Band] During the negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Agreement, many concerns were voiced about how TPP would mandate adoption
of U.S. style statutory damages. Under the U.S. Copyright Act, a court can
award damages of up to $30,000 per work infringed, which can be ratcheted
up to $150,000 per work infringed in cases of willful infringement.
Scholars have found that statutory damages in the U.S. have discouraged
investment in innovative technologies while incentivizing the emergence of
copyright trolls. So how bad is the statutory damages provision in the
final TPP agreement? Click here for more.
<http://infojustice.org/archives/35434>

Sean Flynn
Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
American University Washington College of Law

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