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“probably the most radical changes to our intellectual property laws for the last 20 years” Kathryn Ryan talks with Rick Shera, a partner at Lowndes Jordan, where he heads their intellectual property team. He’s calling on the NZ government to … Continue reading →

. Leaks continue to beleaguer the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) even as the participating governments circle the wagons around the negotiating process, said Professor Jane Kelsey, a critic of the proposed TPPA. The full text of the US chapter … Continue reading →

Amicus Brief Highlights Impacts of Mining in $77 Million Investment Arbitration Far-fetched, or otherwise, investor-state enforcement provisions of free trade agreements do have a dramatic impact on the ability of Governments to legislate in the interests of their citizens. Case … Continue reading →

. NZCTU President Helen Kelly says she is concerned at the direction the US-New Zealand Council is taking over the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations in its meeting in Christchurch over the weekend. She is a member of the Council … Continue reading →

Last year the National-led government backed off its intention to further weaken New Zealand’s foreign investment laws after it faced a groundswell of public opposition. Instead, it made some mild moves to tighten those controls. On Wednesday, the government achieved … Continue reading →

There has been another leak of the secret documents at the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Santiago this week, this time involving United States’ negotiating text. The text confirms that the Americans are taking an extremely aggressive position on intellectual property … Continue reading →

Negotiators in Santiago, Chile for the fifth round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks were delivered a forceful message today by prominent civil society groups, demanding an end to the secrecy that shields their negotiations from the scrutiny of national lawmakers … Continue reading →

The first day of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Chile has started where the Auckland round left off.  New Zealand and intellectual property are again at the centre of the leaks. “We have seen a copy of the draft text tabled … Continue reading →

Bryan Gould, the well known economic commentator and author, former Vice-Chancellor of Waikato University and senior British Labour MP, has accepted the invitation to become Patron of the New Zealand Not For Sale Campaign, a network of groups formed to … Continue reading →

Foreign firms can sue NZ government In November last year,Prime Minister John Key described as “far-fetched” the idea that investors could sue the New Zealand government directly in a secret international tribunal to enforce rules in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership … Continue reading →