SECRET ANTI-COUNTERFEITING INTERNATIONAL DEAL RELEASED

BY KEITH NUTHALL PERSONAL care product care manufacturers protecting high-value brands will be scouring a draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) released last month, (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 has been under discussion because of the failure to agree a comprehensive global agreement in talks with emerging markets such as China and India at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The draft is notable in that it ...


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