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Enforcement Theater: The Enforcement Agenda and the Institutionalization of Enforcement Theater in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement


Andrew John Rens


Duke University - School of Law; Intellectual Property Law Research, University of Cape Town

March 9, 2012

Suffolk Transnational Law Review, Vol. 35, 2012

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ACTA proponents rely on claims of a growing piracy and counterfeiting threat. In the absence of credible evidence of the threat or that the measures in ACTA will reduce the threat, ACTA is no more than enforcement theater.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 21

Keywords: ACTA, copyright piracy, trademark counterfeiting, enforcement theater

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Date posted: May 5, 2012 ; Last revised: May 15, 2012

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Rens, Andrew John, Enforcement Theater: The Enforcement Agenda and the Institutionalization of Enforcement Theater in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (March 9, 2012). Suffolk Transnational Law Review, Vol. 35, 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2051175

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Duke University - School of Law ( email )
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Duke School of Law
Durham, NC 27708
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Intellectual Property Law Research, University of Cape Town ( email )
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