Legal Piracy: Antigua's Desperate, Fearless Ultimatum
| David Vranicar 08/17/13 5:00 AM PT | |
 | About six years ago, the World Trade Organization sided with the Caribbean island of Antigua on its claim that the United States' ban on overseas remote gaming violated international trade agreements. Following years of failed negotiations between the U.S. and Antigua, the WTO upheld its ruling last winter, confirming once and for all that -- as compensation for the erosion of Antigua's online gambling sector -- the island could suspend its obligations to certain U.S. intellectual property rights. To see what exactly is going on with this situation and how it might play out, we spoke with Mark Mendel, an attorney who has been representing Antigua for the past decade and a member of the select committee that will help with the government's plans to suspend U.S. copyright. [See Full Story] |
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