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March 29, 2012 06:05 pm

European Parliament Takes Step Toward Burying ACTA


An anonymous reader writes "The European Parliament's INTA Committee yesterday soundlyrejected a proposal to refer the Anti-Counterfeiting TradeAgreement to the European Court of Justice for review. ACTA critics viewedthe proposalas a delay tactic designed with the hope that public opposition to theagreement would subside in the year or two it would take for a courtreview. The 21-5 vote against the motion means that the INTA committeewill conclude its ACTA review later this spring with a full EuropeanParliament vote expected in June or July. The lack of support for ACTAwithin the European Parliament is now out in the open with multipleparties indicatingthey are ready to bury it."

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