Cat and Mouse

Forum-Shifting in the Battle Over Intellectual Property Enforcement

Susan SellGlobal Congress on IP and the Public Interest

Cape Town, December 11th, 2013

IP as Public Policy

Ownership, authorship, and invention

Temporary monopoly privileges

Stages of development

Technology importers

1970s and 1980s

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The Cat

Tom the Cat

Who?• Industry Associations• Multinational Enterprises• USTR• OECD• WIPO

Goal?• Ration IP

What?• Larger• Stronger• More resources

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The Mouse

Jerry the Mouse

Who?• Developing Countries• NGOs• Some firms (generics,

computer equipment manufacturers, lately IT)

Goal?• Increase Access

What?• Smaller• Weaker• Fewer resources

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Horizontal Forum-Shifting

WIPOGATT1986

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TRIPS

WTO 1994

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Access to Essential Medicines

WHO: World Health

Assembly 1999

WTO: Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health 2001

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Paragraph 6 Amendments

WTO 2003

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WIPO

Substantive Patent Law Harmonization

Treaty 2001

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DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

WIPO proposed in 2004Adopted in 2007

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Multilateral to Plurilateral

WIPO Developme

nt Agenda

ACTA, TPP

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Vertical Forum-Shifting

Multilateral

Plurilateral

Regional

Bilateral

Unilateral

WIPODEVEL.AGENDA

ACTATPPTTIP

WTO TRIMS

MAI

NAFTA, CAFTA

EU-EPAs, US-FTAS

USTR 301SOPA/PIPA

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SOPA/PIPA

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US DOMESTIC POLITICS

Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA)

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U.S. DOMESTIC POLITICS

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R.I.P.

Death of SOPA/PIPA Sparks ACTA Protests

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23Polish Parliament January 26, 2012: Protesting ACTA

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Trans-Pacific Partnership

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ACTA: contagion to TPP?

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OPEN A.I.R. SCENARIOS

WIRELESS ENGAGEMENT

INFORMAL – THE NEW NORMAL

SINCERELY AFRICA

CATS AND MICE

CONTINUED

CONFLICT?

Tom and Jerry Happy

CATS AND MICE

PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE?

CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT?

STRATEGIC WITHDRAWAL?

THANK YOU