India will strive to forge a united front against an anti-counterfeiting agreement being negotiated by some developed countries, which could threaten exports of genuine off-patent drugs, information technology and other products from emerging markets.
India has complained at the WTO against an EU customs legislation that allows officials to seize consignments of medicines which are off patent in both India and the countries where they are being exported to if there are companies holding patents to it in the EU.
The countries working out the ACTA are trying to scuttle the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) processes, said Raghu Cidambi, advisor, IPR and regulatory matters, at Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance.
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