Collateral Damage: The Impact of ACTA and the Enforcement Agenda on the World's Poorest People

Authors

Andrew Rens, Duke UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2010

Abstract

ACTA is billed as a trade agreement, and it is likely to have a far reaching impact on the poorest people in the world. ACTA's purported aim is to increase the efficacy of enforcement of intellectual property. However, like the enforcement agenda that gave rise to it, ACTA's provisions threaten access to medicines, access to learning materials, and access to markets by developing countries, and in so doing threaten development.

Recommended Citation

Rens, Andrew. 2010. Collateral Damage: The Impact of ACTA and the Enforcement Agenda on the World's Poorest People. PIJIP Research Paper no. 5. American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC.