Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

At the 2005 G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Japan proposed the need to establish a legal framework to prevent counterfeiting and piracy.
Subsequently, in October 2007, Japan, the U.S., the E.U. and other countries issued a press statement announcing the commencement of intensive discussions on the goals to be pursued through the ACTA, and started continuous and unofficial discussions. Since June 2008, official negotiating rounds have been held for discussions based on the draft text of the ACTA.
The objective of the ACTA negotiations is to negotiate a new, state-of-the art agreement to combat counterfeiting and piracy. When it is finalized, the ACTA is intended to assist in the efforts of governments around the world to more effectively combat the proliferation of counterfeit and pirated goods, which undermines legitimate trade and the sustainable development of the world economy, and in some cases contributes to organized crime and exposes consumers to dangerous fake products.

• EU and EU Member States sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (January 26, 2012)
• Joint Press Statement of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Negotiating Parties (October 4, 2011)
• Holding of the Signing Ceremony for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (September 27, 2011)
• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (Completion of the legal review on the text of the Agreement) (December 6, 2010)
• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
  -Participants in the negotiations finalized the text of the Agreement- (November 16, 2010)
• On the Agreement in Principle on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (October 2, 2010)
• 10th Round of Negotiations (August 23, 2010)
• 9th Round of Negotiations (July 2, 2010)
• 9th Round of Negotiations to be held (June 21, 2010)
• The Draft Text of ACTA (April 22, 2010)
• 8th Round of Negotiations (April 16, 2010)
• 7th Round of Negotiations (January 29, 2010)
• 7th Round of negotiations to be held (January 19, 2010)
• 6th Round of Negotiations (November 6, 2009)
• 6th Round of Negotiations to be held (October 9, 2009)
• 5th Round of Negotiation (July 18, 2009)
• Release of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (June 12, 2009)
• Summery of Key Elements under Discussion (April 7, 2009)
• 4th Round of Negotiations (18 December, 2008)
• 3rd Round of Negotiations (9 October, 2008)
• Regarding "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)" (23 October, 2007)
• Statement by METI Minister Akira Amari (23 October, 2007)