• tty5@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    EU regulations that can be triggered in response to tariffs include an option to make that completely legal

    Edit because I’m getting asked for a source: EU Anti Coercion Instrument that got passed in 2021 and came into effect in December 2023: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ%3AL_202302675

    Specifically Annex I, paragraph 7:

    ANNEX I

    Union response measures pursuant to Article 8

    […]

    1. The imposition of restrictions on the protection of intellectual property rights or their commercial exploitation, in relation to rightholders that are nationals of the third country concerned, which may amount, as necessary, to the non-performance of applicable international obligations with respect to trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights.

    This applies to copyright and patents, but not trademarks as far as I know.

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      5 hours ago

      This sounds really interesting, do you have a link or anything I could look for in a quick search to learn more?

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        4 hours ago

        Search for Anti-Coercion Instrument, the one that came into effect in December 2023