Parliamentary no vote sounds death knell for ACTA
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
As expected, the European Parliament's International Trade Committee has dealt a decisive blow to the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which aims to tackle international intellectual property rights violations. MEPs today voted 19 to 12 to reject the treaty, making it even more unlikely that that the agreement will be ratified in the EU.
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