mental property rights chapter appears to give Trans-Pacific Partnership countries’ countries greater power to stop information from going publicWikileaks has released what it claims is the full mental property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),the controversial agreement between 12 countries that was signed off on Monday.
TPP was negotiated in secret and details believe yet to be published. But critics including Democrat presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, unions and privacy activists believe lined up to attack what they believe seen of it. Wikileaks’ latest disclosures are unlikely to reassure them.
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Source: theguardian.com