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The International Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Is Close To Finalization.

2010/10/14 11:08:00 47

The United States, the European Union (EU) Member States and 9 other countries have recently met in Tokyo to draft a copy.

Anti counterfeiting trade

According to the text of the draft agreement (ACTA), according to the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), "to establish a most advanced international framework to provide a model for effectively cracking down on the widespread and widespread counterfeiting and piracy in the world in twenty-first Century".

The draft agreement is a product after three years of negotiations.

Participating in the negotiations

Country

Representing more than half of the world's trade activities, besides the US and EU Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and Switzerland.

U.S.A

Trade

The representative Kirk said: "this text means that we have made great progress in cracking down on counterfeiting and piracy. Counterfeiting and piracy are a global crime wave. It deprives the workers of the United States and the world's high earners of their job opportunities and enables consumers to contact dangerous products.

While anti counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) partners are looking for solutions, they should send a strong signal to piracy and counterfeit products. Piracy and counterfeit products have no place in legitimate trade channels.

We must quickly complete the results achieved in Tokyo with our partners.

For those who care about the protection and implementation of intellectual property rights, this work represents a major victory.

The legal framework of the agreement includes the following provisions:

The general obligation of the parties is to provide effective means of enforcement.

Civil enforcement provisions, including payment of damages, prevention of further violations, legal and other cost recovery, destruction of goods violating regulations;

Customs and other border procedures for handling import and export cargo;

The provisions of criminal law enforcement include the piracy activities related to commercial scale, the regulation of the use or import of packaging labels for counterfeit goods, the commitment to confiscate counterfeit goods, the destruction of counterfeit goods, the confiscation of equipment and materials for the production of counterfeit goods, and the proceeds of crime, including in other regulations;

Digital environmental enforcement of intellectual property rights, including the legal system for dealing with digital security deception, is included in other measures.

The agreement also provides for strengthening international cooperation and promoting effective enforcement actions.

After reviewing the minority issues and making decisions, individual countries will finalize the draft text and enter the final examination.