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May 27, 2008

Simon Fodden

Leaked ACTA Document

A 2007 discussion paper mooting a proposed "plurilateral" Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, to bind Canada, the U.S., Japan, and European nations among others, has been making the rounds of various websites lately. Leaked last week by the interesting WikiLeaks, you can read the document here [PDF].

Quite apart from anything else, the role proposed to be given to border guards seems problematic.

[And while I'm here, why "plurilateral," a word that hasn't yet made it to the online OED? What was wrong with "multilateral"?]

Simon Fodden is the founder of Slaw. He taught law at Osgoode Hall Law School for more than 30 years before he retired to focus on writing, publishing, and IT and law.
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