EC Commission Response to the “Opinion of European Academics on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.”

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade has released a working paper that responds to a February “Opinion of European Academics on the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.”  The Opinion signed by 182 academics, argues that ACTA conflicts with both EU law and the enforcement provisions of the TRIPS Agreement.

Excerpt:  “After close examination of the Opinion, we believe that the opinion fails to demonstrate, in a convincing manner, that ACTA is not in line with the relevant Community acquis or that it raises legitimate concerns as regards certain fundamental rights. While the Opinion shows that the rules of ACTA are not entirely similar to the corresponding EU law, this does not imply that ACTA is incompatible with EU law.”

Click here for the full Commission Services Working Paper.

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    Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an economics PhD candidate.

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