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Legendary Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is suing Ontario for $700 million over wind power
16-Oct-2015     Financial Post
Pickens is using his rights under the North American Free Trade Agreement to bring claims against the Canadian province of Ontario.
Trans Pacific Partnership IP chapter – trademarks, thoughts on geographical indications
16-Oct-2015     IP Watchdog
This article offers accompanying commentary together on the TPP’s trademark provisions together with thoughts on portions of the TPP text regarding Geographical Indications (GIs)
Fallout from EU-US Safe Harbour ruling will be dramatic and far-reaching
16-Oct-2015     Ars Technica
Clever ruling by the Court of Justice will be almost impossible to circumvent. The "Safe Harbour" ruling is likely to affect trade agreements like TISA and TTIP in important ways.
Thousands of Saharawis protest against San Leon Energy
16-Oct-2015     WSRW
Massive numbers of Saharawi refugees gathered to send a clear message to Irish oil company San Leon Energy which is looking for oil in their occupied homeland: "San Leon: go home".
Member states give Commission green light to go ahead with second tariff offer in TTIP
15-Oct-2015     Vieuws
Following intensive technical discussions, the trade representatives backed the Commission’s proposal to upgrade from 96% to 97% the EU’s offer on full abolition of tariff lines at the entry into force of the agreement.
The Volkswagen scandal and TTIP
15-Oct-2015     Euranet Plus
The Volkswagen scandal has, above all, shown to the general public what had long been clear to people in Europe who are campaigning for better air quality: the car industry has too much influence on politics in Europe.
Fiji will not change its stance
15-Oct-2015     Fiji Sun
Agreement must be development-centered
Trading away land rights
15-Oct-2015     Triple Crisis
TPP, investment agreements, and the governance of land
What the Trans-Pacific Partnership means for the cost of drugs
15-Oct-2015     Rabble
A quick analysis of the leaked text shows there are good reasons to be concerned that the TPP's generous IP protections could still prove a minefield for efforts to control drug costs in Canada
FACIL contre le Partenariat transpacifique et la Loi antiterroriste de 2015
14-Oct-2015     FACIL
FACIL tient à affirmer publiquement son opposition au PTP. La version finale du chapitre sur la propriété intellectuelle confirme les craintes des principaux organismes qui défendent les droits et les libertés des humains dans la société numérique.