Updated Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement – IP Chapter
As an IP lawyer, I'd like to say that reading this draft document is super boring. The parts that I skimmed (less than 10%) was all just harmless procedural rules. Can someone point out or quote the controversial parts? Here's the skeleton ToC and a few highlights:<p>A: General Provisions [seems boring]<p>B: Cooperation [seems boring]<p>C: Trademarks<p>D: Geographical Indications<p>E: Patents [including genetic stuff - probably controversial]<p>- Article QQ.E.2387: {Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources}<p>F: Industrial Designs<p>G: Copyright<p>- [basically Fair Use:] - Article QQ.G.Y: {Limitations and Exceptions} - "Each Party shall endeavor to achieve an appropriate balance in its copyright and related rights system, inter alia by means of limitations or exceptions...  including those for the digital environment, giving due consideration to legitimate purposes such as, but not limited to: criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research, and other similar purposes..."<p>- [DRM stuff:] -  Article QQ.G.10: {Technological Protection Measures}<p>H: Enforcement