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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (view source)
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In 2006, Japan and the United States introduced the idea of a new plurilateral treaty to combat counterfeiting and piracy which was called the
In 2006, Japan and the United States introduced the idea of a new plurilateral treaty to combat counterfeiting and piracy which was called the
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to bring together interested all governments worldwide that are willing to cooperate to improve the international standards to enforce the protection of Intellectual Property Rights. The negotiation started on June 2008.<ref>[http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/factsheets/2009/asset_upload_file917_15546.pdf The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - Summary of Key Elements Under Discussion]</ref> Any member of the World Trade Organization ([[WTO]]) supporting ACTA will be able to sign the agreement until May 2013.<ref>[[http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/i_property/pdfs/acta1105_en.pdf Final Text of ACTA]</ref>
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to bring together interested all governments worldwide that are willing to cooperate to improve the international standards to enforce the protection of Intellectual Property Rights. The negotiation started on June 2008.<ref>[http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/factsheets/2009/asset_upload_file917_15546.pdf The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - Summary of Key Elements Under Discussion]</ref> Any member of the World Trade Organization ([[WTO]]) supporting ACTA will be able to sign the agreement until May 2013.<ref>[[http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/i_property/pdfs/acta1105_en.pdf Final Text of ACTA]</ref>
==Structure==
ACTA is built under the structure of existing international rules on Intellectual Property particularly the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ([[TRIPS]]) Agreement, a comprehensive multilateral agreement established to protect all forms of intellectual property rights in 1995<ref>
[http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/factsheets/2009/asset_upload_file917_15546.pdf
ACTA Structure and Content]</ref> <ref>[http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/policy/wto_trips/en/index.html WTO and TRIPS]</ref>
==Supporters==
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