Control of patents by customs dropped from global anti-counterfeiting trade pact, transparency in question
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
The control of patents by customs authorities has been dropped from the "border measures" section of the draft Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement following the ninth round of talks on the initiative, which is being negotiated to deal with the enforcement of intellectual property rights1,2. There is renewed concern about the transparency of the pact's negotiating process following these latest talks.