SECRET ANTI-COUNTERFEITING INTERNATIONAL DEAL RELEASED
April 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DRINKS manufacturers protecting high-value brands will be scouring a draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) released today, (21 April) after two years of secret negotiations. Framed mostly by rich developed countries including the USA, the European Union (EU) and Japan, the deal is being struck because of the failure to agree a comprehensive global agreement.
The draft is notable in that it would establish the right of companies to sue counterfeiters in signatory jurisdictions and receive significant damages; it would also allow them ...
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