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May 10th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda ACTA gets another quiet blow, from the Swiss
GenevaLunch.com
09 May 2012
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland added its doubts to Acta (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) a day after the German parliament was told Germany is advising developing countries not to back it. The Swiss Federal Council noted 9 May that it will not sign the agreement.
Acta, a plurilateral agreement, “has been negotiated as a “TRIPS-plus” (going beyond the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) standard for the enforcement of IP rights between the European Union member states, the United States and nine additional countries since 2007,” reports IP Watch, but in recent months it has come up against growing opposition from several corners. IP Watch, an industry newsletter, raised the question 15 April if the Group of 8 was reacting to Acta’s impending death: “it may have signalled a shift to a narrower approach on intellectual property rights” at a meeting a week earlier.
The Federal Council Wednesday says that since negotiations were concluded “criticism of Acta has continued to grow in a number of countries. The Federal Council is taking these fears seriously because they concern fundamental liberties and important legal provisions.”
Tuesday, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development told its parliament that it is advising developing countries not to sign the agreement. Some 60,000 German citizens have signed a petition against ratification, according to IP Watch in a separate article.
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