[governance] Dispute settlement Far West style

[Riaz K Tayob]

See this for a critical US perspective on this case: 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-wallach/internet-pirates-of-the-c_b_2576198.html

Of course for the US and its corporations it DID NOT MATTER that South 
Africa was prevented from using perfectly legal rights to legally copy 
patented HIV medicines to people who were literally dying... and so it 
is with Antigua... perhaps the lesson for USers (especially teh 40 
million without health insurance, or those who pay fortunes for 
prescription medications) is that chickens do come home to roost...

Riaz


On 2013/01/31 03:46 AM, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:
> 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.
> - - -
>
> 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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