[governance] IPW / United States Chided As TRIPS Scofflaw At WTO

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

For the status quoists as you call them this shows that WTO / trips are a double edged sword, easily capable of being used by small nations against larger ones, and there are teeth to this agreement that any country ignores at its peril.

As for the ICANN clearinghouse, that does appear to be a routine due diligence process and my inclination would be to wait and watch before passing judgement.

--srs (iPad)

On 27-Mar-2013, at 1:44, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems like it is not just low patent quality standards that bedogs the ICT sector in the US as far as intellectual property rights are concerned... there is also the double standards on trademarks as the IP Watch article intimates, and US compliance with international law on trade marks... be interesting to see how ICANN deals with this if or when this comes up with its new registry... 
> 
> Perhaps this article makes a case for both the internationalisation of CIR crowd, and the status quoists. For the internationalisation crowd it points to the lack of US candidature as a benevolent dictator over CIR. For the status quoists it makes the point, see how difficult it is to get anything done, best play the game and maximise what can be wrought. 
> 
> Riaz

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