by Birgit Clark at The IPKat The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is back in the news and matters are as confusing and opaque as ever (see the IPKat’s earlier reports here). Last week 22 of 27 EU countries (including the UK) signed up to ACTA (in Tokyo… of all places) and it is now for the European Parliament to approve the [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...By William New, Intellectual Property Watch Europeans came out by the thousands this week to protest the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), as it goes before the parliament and the remaining governments that have not yet signed on. But a large number of industry associations sent a letter pushing officials to carefully consider the agreement before dismissing [...]
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