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In the Matter of Antigua and Barbuda’s Membership in WTO
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Expediente y fuentes
- Nombre
- In the Matter of Antigua and Barbuda’s Membership in WTO
- Cita
- Claim No. ANUHCV2009/0499
- Tribunal
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Court of Justice (Antigua and Barbuda)
- Instancia
- High Court — Judge (judicial review leave)
- Fechas
- Presentación
- 2009-09-02
- heard
- 2009-10-27
- Decisión
- 2010-01-15
- Estado
- resolved-leave-refused
- Resultado
- Leave for judicial review declined; no order as to costs.
- Resumen
- No duty or legitimate expectation existed and no arguable case supported mandamus or certiorari.
- Antecedentes
- Carib Media offered unlimited downloads of US music and films and asked the Minister to discuss regulation/licensing after Antigua obtained WTO authority to seek suspension of TRIPS obligations up to US$21 million annually. On 18 July 2009 the Minister told it to desist from infringing copyright material, describing it as criminal under the Copyright Act 2003.
- Historia procesal
- Application for leave to seek mandamus filed 2 September 2009, served on the Attorney General by court order, opposed by affidavit and argued 27 October 2009; judgment 15 January 2010.
- Cuestión jurídica
- Whether the Minister owed an enforceable duty, or created a legitimate expectation, to request WTO authorization and make access regulations, and whether mandamus or certiorari was arguable.
- Criterio
- No duty or legitimate expectation existed and no arguable case supported mandamus or certiorari.
- Fundamento decisivo
- The WTO authorization permitted a request but imposed no domestic obligation on the Minister; negotiating settlement was a policy choice and no promise or practice created legitimate expectation.
- Límites
- Not a merits holding that any particular download infringed; not authority on author, originality, computer-generated works, training or arranger. It corroborates contemporaneous governmental reliance on the Act after commencement but does not prove commencement.
- Relevancia
- procedimiento-relacionado
- Referencias relacionadas
- Peso del precedente
- High Court judicial-review leave decision; no copyright merits. Integración/votación: Justice Carlos Michel; single judge Unanimity/vote not applicable; single judge; no dissent.
- Fuente
- Referencia
- In the Matter of Antigua and Barbuda’s Membership in WTO
- Enlace
- Consultar fuente
- Autoridad
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Court of Justice (Antigua and Barbuda)
- Tipo
- Sentencia primaria íntegra
- Tipo de evidencia
- Sentencia primaria íntegra
- Localizador
- paras 1-15
- Verificación documentada
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