[governance] Dispute settlement Far West style

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

Is online gambling an issue in internet governance ?
Whatever the answer, for some countries it could open new ways to break the
USG blockade on burning IG issues.
Read on.
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January 28, 2013. WTO: Antigua To Retaliate Against US By Suspending IP
Rights Protection

After years of unsuccessful negotiations between nations, the World Trade
Organization Dispute Settlement Body today gave Antigua and Barbuda the
right to impose sanctions against the United States for blocking online
gambling. The US was found in violation of WTO rules in 2007 and has failed
to resolve the issue, so the Caribbean nation was given the right to
retaliate in an area that is likely to force a US response - lifting US
intellectual property rights.

http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=25928&utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts
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