Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Difference between revisions
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==Structure== | ==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> | 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> The legal framework in enforcing IPR protection under the agreements respects civil liberties and the rights of consumers and provisions | [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> The legal framework in enforcing IPR protection under the agreements respects civil liberties and the rights of consumers and it has provisions on border measures, civil and criminal enforcement as well as internet distribution and information technology.<ref>[http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2008/october/tradoc_140836.11.08.pd ACTA Fact Sheet, Updated November 2008]</ref> | ||
==Supporters== | ==Supporters== | ||