ACCC airs concerns over intellectual property provisions in Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Gareth Hutchens
Updated December 2 2015 - 11:08am, first published December 1 2015 - 5:43pm
The ACCC warns the TPP may burden Australia with IP obligations to other countries that have consequences for competition. Photo: Penny Stephens
The ACCC warns the TPP may burden Australia with IP obligations to other countries that have consequences for competition. Photo: Penny Stephens

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned the intellectual property provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership may "tilt the balance" in favour of IP rights holders to the detriment of competition and consumers.

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