Parliamentary no vote sounds death knell for ACTA
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
The European Parliament's International Trade Committee has dealt a decisive blow to the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which aims to tackle international intellectual property rights violations1,2. As had been expected, members of the European Parliament have voted to reject the treaty, making it even more unlikely that that the agreement will be ratified in the EU.