Six Secret (and Now Open) Fears of ACTA
Six Secret (and Now Open) Fears of ACTA
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ACTA 的六大秘密（现已公开）恐惧
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2010
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Philip S. Yu
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Philip S. Yu
2009年4月，日本、美国、欧盟和《反假冒贸易协定》的其他谈判方公布了这份曾经秘密的协定的联合综合草案。尽管这份文件的发布缓解了一些人们对缺乏透明度和公众参与的担忧，但仍有许多问题没有得到解答。本文是为知识产权法研讨会撰写的，认为 ACTA 仍然存在很大问题和危险。它指出了对该协议的六种不同担忧：（1）对 ACTA 谈判过程的程序缺陷的担忧； (2) ACTA 提高美国现有知识产权标准的潜力； (3) ACTA 无疑将导致国外，特别是发展中国家加强对知识产权的保护和执法； (4) 即使不需要修改立法来履行新的条约义务，ACTA 也可能对美国消费者和企业产生适得其反的影响； (5) ACTA 将导致开发一个新的、独立的、自我强化的基础设施，以促进未来提高国际知识产权标准的努力； (6) ACTA 不太可能像谈判各方的权利持有者和政策制定者预期的那样有效。
In April 2009, Japan, the United States, the European Community, and other negotiating parties of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement released a joint consolidated draft of the once-secret agreement. Although the release of this document has alleviated some of the concerns about the lack of transparency and public participation, there remain many unanswered questions. Written for a symposium on intellectual property law, this article argues that ACTA remains highly problematic and dangerous. It identifies six different fears of the Agreement: (1) concerns over the procedural defects of the ACTA negotiation process; (2) the potential for ACTA to ratchet up the already very high existing intellectual property standards within the United States; (3) ACTA would undoubtedly lead to greater protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights abroad, especially in developing countries; (4) ACTA could backfire on U.S. consumers and businesses, even if no legislative changes are indeed required to meet the new treaty obligations; (5) ACTA would result in the development of a new, freestanding, and self-reinforcing infrastructure for facilitating future efforts to ratchet up international intellectual property standards; (6) ACTA is unlikely to be as effective as rights holders and policymakers in the negotiating parties have anticipated.