Intellectual Property Law

European Parliament Gives ACTA the Cold Shoulder
The European Parliament reacted to the leak of the Internet portion of the Secret ACTA Treaty(TM) that it voted 633 to 13 with 16 abstentions on Wednesday to oppose the treaty. The EP also threatened to sue the European Commission...

No ACTA Deal Yet As EU Parliament Seeks Narrower Scope, More Transparency (IP-Watch)
"As negotiations on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) continued in Paris this week with again no public details the European Parliament Thursday sent a strong signal by requesting transparency in the negotiations...

European NGO FFII Opposes Stealth Legislation, Demands ACTA Documents Be Made Public
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) has requested 12 secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) documents from the EU Council. Behind closed doors, the EU, US, Japan and other countries are negotiating ACTA...

Hammerstein on ACTA
David Hammerstein, a former Member of the European Parliament, has an interesting post on the behind-the-scenes ACTA activity.

European Parliament threatens court action over ACTA secrecy
The European Parliament has threatened to take the European Commission to the EU's highest court if it does not disclose the details of a secret international copyright treaty.

EU Commission Says Little on ACTA at European Parliament Hearing
IPTegrity.com covers today's European Parliament Trade Committee hearing on ACTA, where European Commission officials did little to alleviate the concerns of Members of the European Parliament...

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