Jusletter IT

With public pressure mounting, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in July 2012 to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, striking a major blow to the hopes of supporters who envisioned a landmark agreement that would set a new standard for intellectual property rights enforcement. While the defeat of ACTA was celebrated by digital rights activists worldwide, according to recently leaked documents, the EU plans to use the Canada – EU Trade Agreement (CETA), which is nearing its final stages of negotiation, as a backdoor mechanism to implement the ACTA provisions.