<div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#ff0000">That threat of being sued in international courts for non-compliance with treaties is precisely how corporations have used international agreements to force the signatories to strengthen protection for copyright and patents thanks to measures they themselves lobbied for, and to block any moves to change the law in favor of the public.</font></b><div><br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150422/07171130753/corporate-sovereignty-trumps-national-laws-heres-how-us-thinks-it-can-get-around-that.shtml">https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150422/07171130753/corporate-sovereignty-trumps-national-laws-heres-how-us-thinks-it-can-get-around-that.shtml</a></div></div>