Academics attack legality of anticounterfeiting treaty
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
More than 20 intellectual property law academics in European universities have called on the European Parliament to withhold giving consent to the plurilateral anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) where a final text was published to little fanfare on 6 December, saying it is not compatible with EU law. The team for the European Commissioner for Trade is "looking at the letter".