Michael Blakeney, Winthrop Professor of Law, UWA Law School, University of Western Australia

• Contents: Preface 1. Impacts of Counterfeiting and Piracy 2. Negotiating ACTA 3. Preamble 4. Initial Provisions and Definitions 5. Legal Framework 6. Civil Enforcement 7. Border Measures 8. Criminal Enforcement 9. Confiscation 10. Enforcement in the Digital Environment 11. Enforcement Practices 12. International Cooperation 13. Institutional Arrangements 14. Final Provisions Appendix: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Index

‘. . . this timely work of reference and research presents a thorough, scholarly and certainly readable examination of this newly enacted worldwide initiative, which has been signed by almost 40 nations footnoted in the book’s appendix, which contains the text of the ACTA itself. . . This important book should be required reading for all IP practitioners, academics, students and policy makers concerned with the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Extensively footnoted, with a detailed index at the back, this impressively analytical volume opens up any number of avenues for further research.’