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Collateral Damage: The Impact Of Acta And The Enforcement Agenda On The World's Poorest People , Andrew Rens
Collateral Damage: The Impact Of Acta And The Enforcement Agenda On The World's Poorest People , Andrew Rens
American University International Law Review
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Overcoming Babel’S Curse: Adapting The Doctrine Of Foreign Equivalents, Jonathan Skinner
Overcoming Babel’S Curse: Adapting The Doctrine Of Foreign Equivalents, Jonathan Skinner
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Acta's Constitutional Problems: The Treaty Is Not A Treaty, Sean Flynn
Acta's Constitutional Problems: The Treaty Is Not A Treaty, Sean Flynn
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On the eve of the United States’ entry into the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (“ACTA”), there is considerable confusion as to just what legal effect the agreement will have. In written answers to Senator Ron Wyden, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) went to lengths to describe ACTA as non-binding, asserting that “ACTA does not constrain Congress’ authority to change U.S. law,” and that it would operate only as an “Executive Agreement” that “can be implemented without new legislation.” But European negotiators have described the agreement to their legislature in very different terms, asserting that ACTA is “a binding international agreement …