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IP Justice White Paper on the Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

By Robin Gross

In 2007 a select handful of the wealthiest countries began a treaty-making process to create a new global standard for intellectual property rights enforcement, the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). ACTA is spearheaded by the United States, the European Commission, Japan, and Switzerland -- those countries with the largest intellectual property industries. Other countries invited to participate in ACTA?s negotiation process are Canada, Australia, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. Noticeably absent from ACTA?s negotiations are leaders from developing countries who hold national policy priorities that differ from the international intellectual property industry....

Full post as published by IP Justice on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).