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New Zealand to be “Consulted” on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Industry Standard)

By Robin Gross

The New Zealand public will be consulted on the controversial international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), details of which were leaked on the whistleblower website wikileaks.org. ... Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard has requested submissions on the still tentative ACTA proposal with a deadline of July 14. At that time, international government agencies will only be at their second meeting on the topic, with several different aspects still to be discussed. This has led to the suspicion that the consultation will be merely, in the words of one local commentator, "a rubber stamp." The leaked document is a preliminary draft prepared by U.S. and Japanese representatives and there is no definitive text for the proposed agreement yet, Wardle says...."

Full post as published by IP Justice on June 16, 2008 (boomark / email).