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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

EU Commission Mooting To Open Negotiations Of A Plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

According to public

Document CM 4058/07, the Working Party on Intellectual Property (Patents) will, on December 12, 2007, examine some recommendation from the Commission to the Council to authorise the Commission to open negotiations of a plurilateral anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (

15486/07). The latter Document is not currently open to the public.

Perhaps all this is linked to

this statement where the European Commission had announced that it will seek a mandate from European Member States to negotiate a new Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with major trading partners, including the US, Japan, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand. Such an agreement would strengthen efforts to protect European intellectual property around the world, a key part of the EU's Global Europe trade strategy. ACTA's goal is to provide a high-level international framework that strengthens the global enforcement of intellectual property rights and helps in the fight to protect consumers from the health and safety risks associated with many counterfeit products.

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