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Antigua
Wins
Online
Gambling
Decision
from
WTO
December
29,
2007
According
to
the
World
Trade
Organization’s
panel,
Antigua
has
every
right
to
do
as
they
please
when
it
comes
to
their
intellectual
property
obligations
to
the
United
States.
They
said
that
Antigua
has
the
right
to
get
back
the
$21
million
a
year
that
the
US
has
taken
from
them
by
banning
online
gambling.
With
the
passage
of
the
Unlawful
Internet
Gambling
Enforcement
Act,
or
UIGEA,
the
United
States
hurt
Antigua
financially
as
they
get
the
majority
of
their
revenue
from
online
gambling.
By
not
allowing
US
customers
to
participate
in
online
gambling,
the
country
lost
millions.
They
went
to
the
WTO
and
explained
their
plight
and
asked
them
to
intervene
on
behalf
of
the
country.
The
WTO
ordered
the
US
to
allow
online
gambling
again,
and
when
they
decided
not
to
comply,
they
said
that
they
would
have
to
rule
in
favor
of
Antigua.
In
doing
so,
they
have
now
allowed
Antigua
to
go
after
money
due
US
citizens
in
response
for
them
taking
money
away
from
theirs.
The
panel
decided
that
Antigua
can
suspend
its
intellectual
property
obligations
to
the
US
to
the
tune
of
$21
million
a
year.
This
means
that
the
country
can
suspend
all
copyright,
trademark,
and
intellectual
property
obligations
with
the
US.
This
is
less
than
the
country
was
claiming,
as
they
came
in
with
a
figure
closer
to
$3.4
billion
in
losses,
the
US
said
they
would
pay
$500,000.
The
panel
came
up
with
the
figure
based
on
compliance
with
US
law
rather
than
actual
loss
estimates.
The
country
now
has
the
right
to
appeal
the
measure
as
it
is
so
much
lower
than
originally
estimated,
but
even
so,
it
is
still
a
win
for
their
small
country.
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