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News Centre reports that India and the EU free trade agreement negotiators will meet next week after the Canadian delegation leaves Brussels. The India-Eu FTA negotiations started in 2007 and the negotiators are on the Seventh...

The Wire Report is reporting that the EU is pressuring Canada in the second Round of Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement negotiations to make significant amendments to Canada's copyright laws....

The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment Act, TRADE Act, H.R. 3012, mandates review of all international trade agreements currently in force, establishes new standards and requirements for future trade...

On August 12, 2009, the WTO issued the DSB Panel Decision in DS363 "China — Measures Affecting Trading Rights and Distribution Services for Certain Publications and Audiovisual Entertainment Products". To obtain a copy of the...

As many would be aware, the Australian Productivity Commission ("Productivity Commission") has been undertaking a review of "parallel import" protection afforded to Australian authors and publishers.  The current provisions...

On July 16, 2009, Canada's Privacy Commissioner issued a news release entitled " facebook needs to improve privacy practices, investigation finds". A copy of the news release may be found at the following link -...

The decision of the Australian Federal Court in LED Technologies Pty Ltd v Elecspress Pty Ltd allowed an action brought by a local of holder of registered designs against the importers of goods produced overseas in breach of the...

Local Customs is fond of saying that about half the intellectual property rights seizures in the U.S. occur at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach. Nonetheless, stories about significant counterfeit seizures are being publicized...

In an article entitled: "Pirates to Worry You: Chinese Manufacturing Partners," on April 16, 2009, Thomas Wailgum of Computer World reports on the results of a survey which finds that Chinese manufacturing partners are...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has submitted to Congress its 2009 Trade Policy Agenda and 2008 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program. This document outlines...

We are late to report that on November 17, 2008, Canada and Brazil signed the Canada-Brazil Framework Agreement for Cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation. This is a step in the right direction - increasing trade...

Many clients and potential clients have correctly asked whether China enforces its intellectual property laws.  I am pleased to report a real case of jail time to Chinese infringers of software copyright - a sign that IPR...

For U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), intellectual property rights is one of its priority trade issues, along with agriculture, antidumping and countervailing duty, import safety, penalties, revenue and textiles. The OECD...

As federal courts become ever more reluctant to issue injunctions, patent holders find themselves turning more frequently to the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) to obtain exclusion orders against infringing goods.  As...

Canada is often accused of turning a blind eye to counterfeit goods.  Not so - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police obtained a search warrant and crashed a purse party in London Ontario, seizing alleged counterfeit goods and...

Laptop searches at the border is a topic that I frequently write about on this blog.  The following article appears as a editorial in the Los Angeles Times on September 29, 2008:...