Titled "Territorial Implications of Antigua's Internet-Based IP Sanctions Against the US," Professor Trimble's guest blog post offers three reasons why the recent decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO) authorizing Antigua to suspend its intellectual property obligations towards the United States in retaliation for the United States' breach of WTO rules is notable. First, the Antigua story shows the inherent danger that exists when intellectual property issues are included in general trade negotiations and trade treaties, such as the WTO negotiations and the TRIPS Agreement. Second, the story exposes the problems that arise when a country attempts to design sanctions on the Internet against another country in such a way that the sanctions will both target intellectual property and remain territorially limited. Third, the story highlights the problem of evasion of geolocation and filtering measures. To read Professor Trimble's complete guest blog post, click here.
Professor Trimble joined Boyd's full-time faculty in 2010, bringing expertise in Conflict of Laws, Patent Law, Cyberlaw, International Intellectual Property Law, Private International Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright Law, European Union Law, and Comparative Law. She is a graduate of Stanford Law School (J.S.D., 2010; J.S.M., 2006) and the Law School of Charles University in Prague (Ph.D., 2002; JUDr., 2001; and Mgr., 1997).
