Mexico's IP Office Surprised Its Congress By Signing ACTA, And Now Hopes To Win Their Support
from the good-luck-with-that dept
Right after the EU Parliament somewhat emphatically rejected ACTA, there was a report saying that ACTA was pretty much dead in Mexico as well — especially since the Congress there had been against ACTA since before it was “cool” to be against ACTA. However, the very next day, the Mexican government surprised an awful lot of people by signing ACTA anyway.
Of course, the agreement still needs ratification, and that seems like an uphill battle. However, the Mexican IP Office — major backer of ACTA — is now claiming that it believes that the Mexican legislature can be convinced to sign on. Of course, it would help if the Mexican IP Office was even the slightest bit intellectually honest. For example, in explaining its reasons for signing on, it points out that the EU signed on — which is kind of funny coming so soon after the EU Parliament’s wholesale rejection of ACTA. Seems like that would be a point worth mentioning, rather than implying that ACTA was going to be implemented in the EU. This move still has the US’s fingerprints all over it. The US needed some sort of “win” for ACTA these days, and coming so soon after the US allowed Mexico to enter TPP negotiations, it’s hard not to think that there was some horse trading going on here.
Comments on “Mexico's IP Office Surprised Its Congress By Signing ACTA, And Now Hopes To Win Their Support”
Bridge
“.. it points out that the EU signed on …”
So, if the EU Parliament jumped off a bidge, then Mexico’s Legislature should as well?
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Only if the EU Parliment doesn’t actually jump off the bridge.
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The EU pushed ACTA off the bridge their parliament didn’t jump off it.
There’s a bit of a difference.
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Except the EU didn’t sign on..
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Yes, so long as it’s not the one of Sanity or Comptence.
I won’t be surprised that when the treaty is rejected, Mexico will find itself outside negotiations once again.
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those negotiations would just screw them over in the long run. better they have nothing to do with tpp
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The way Mexico and Canada are “inside” the negotiations is to sit quietly outside the door sipping gruel. I think they’re allowed to say “can I have some more, sir” but even that’s a stretch.
The technical term for this arrangement is called “seats in the peanut gallery” where they can be completely ignored.
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I think the seat at the TPP table will only truly open up after they get ACTA ratified.
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They are crappy negotiations anyway.
There is only one relevant political person in Mexico and that is the president. All others will do exactly as instructed.
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I promise you this, that, and the other thing.
– President Gilligan
how long we got to wait now to see it Mexico is run by the Mexican govt, the US govt or perhaps, the EU Commission? if they think they will get the chance to have input for the TPP by doing this, they are mistaken!
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Narcotraficantes!
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leytraficantes US-americanes
The US needed some sort of “win” for ACTA these days, and coming so soon after the US allowed Mexico to enter TPP negotiations, it’s hard not to think that there was some horse trading going on here.
Yeah, I wonder what we gave away to get them to support this monstrosity.
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Well, Texas has been annoying and California is broke so it is probably a toss up.
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I would nominate Arizona for the amount of crazy legislation getting suggested.
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If only.
Congrats, AZ! You’re now Mexicans!
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Poetic justice.
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Then they can stop anyone who does not look Mexican and demand their passports and papers.
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We gave away the home world….
(Am I wrong to quote B5 here?)
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Never.
Massive public protests cause SOPA to collapse. Next day US government makes high profile seizure of MegaUpload.
Massive rejection of ACTA by EU Parliament. Next day high profile signatory of Mexico to ACTA.
In a day and age where information can spread to hundreds of millions of people in a matter of minutes, does the US government really think nobody is going to notice their attempts at bait and switch?
considering Mexico’s Congress had rejected ACTA, what right did the IP Office have to sign it anyway? how can them signing ACTA have any validity when not authorised to sign anything on Mexico’s behalf?
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The same way as President Obama can illegally sign ACTA and get away with it.
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I don’t think they’d rejected it yet and the Mexican Congress is vastly more independent of the Mexican president that at least one poster here seems to think.
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Good, it looks like the Mexican congress still doesn’t like ACTA, so this was a waste of time for the US (if it really was it’s idea. We can’t be entirely sure)
I am not fooled by the things our US Government is doing.I would love to see both Democrats & Republicans out of Office.
And I would love to see Big Content go the way of the Dinosaurs.Adapt or go Extinct !
Wait… Is the IP office in Mexico a part of the executive branch?
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Yes, it’s called IMPI (Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial) and it’s an arm of the secretary of commerce, which its in turn dependent of the president. All of those are the executive branch.
The Mexican election is suspicious as well, with the winning canidate favoring U.S. corporations.
How’d that “war on drugs” work out? It seems we have entered another “war” on IP now. Stupid.