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Stamatoudi, Irini --- "ACTA, internet service providers and the acquis communautaire" [2012] ELECD 1345; in Rosén, Jan (ed), "Intellectual Property at the Crossroads of Trade" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) 237

Book Title: Intellectual Property at the Crossroads of Trade

Editor(s): Rosén, Jan

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781951682

Section: Chapter 10

Section Title: ACTA, internet service providers and the acquis communautaire

Author(s): Stamatoudi, Irini

Number of pages: 26

Abstract/Description:

The negotiations for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) started unofficially on the basis of Japanese and US initiatives in 2006. Canada, the EU and Switzerland joined later. Official negotiations started in June 2008, which also involved Australia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and Singapore. In essence, these are the countries which account for the vast majority of the world’s intellectual property rights. ‘Agreement in principle’ was reached in October 2010; the text was finalized on 15 April 2011 and was opened for signature on 1 May 2011.