Mark Gibbs writes “Shiver me timbers: Antigua and Barbuda’s ‘WTO Remedies Implementation Committee’, is said to be recommending the establishment by the Government of Antigua & Barbuda of a statutory body to own, manage and operate the ultimate platform to be created for the monetisation or other exploitation of the suspension of American intellectual property rights authorised earlier this year by the WTO … Additionally, an announcement regarding the opening of tenders for private sector participation in the operating of the platform should be announced shortly. Arghhh … matey!” See also this Slashdot post (from 2007) for some background…. Mark Gibbs writes “Shiver me timbers: Antigua and Barbuda’s ‘WTO Remedies Implementation Committee’, is said to be recommending the establishment by the Government of Antigua & Barbuda of a statutory body to own, manage and operate the ultimate platform to be created for the monetisation or other exploitation of the suspension of American intellectual property rights authorised earlier this year by the WTO … Additionally, an announcement regarding the opening of tenders for private sector participation in the operating of the platform should be announced shortly. Arghhh … matey!” See also this Slashdot post (from 2007) for some background.

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