Other documents

Communications

24.05.2011

Commission sets out “blueprint” for Intellectual Property Rights to boost creativity and innovation

• Communication from the Commission: “A Single Market for Intellectual Property Rights”
• Press release IP/11/630), 24.05.2011
• Frequently asked questions (MEMO/11/332)
• Citizens’ summary  

14.09.2009

Commission comes forward with practical, non-legislative measures to combat counterfeiting and piracy

• Press release (IP/09/1313)
• Communication (COM(2009) 467)

16.07.2008

Industrial Property Rights: Commission launches strategy to drive innovation from the laboratory to the marketplace

• Press release (IP/08/1157)
• Communication (COM/2008/0465)

30.11.2000

Counterfeiting and piracy: the Commission puts forward an ambitious action plan

• Press release (IP/00/1385)
• Communication (COM/2000/789)

22.10.1998

The Commission adopts a Green Paper on tackling the problem of counterfeiting and piracy in the Single Market

• Press release (IP/98/922)
• Green Paper (COM(98) 569)

Reports

13.01.2012

Study on Trade Secrets and Parasitic Copying (Look-alikes)

• Report on Trade Secrets for the European Commission  
  • Appendix 1  
  • Appendix 2  
  • Appendix 3  
  • Appendix 4  
  • Appendix 5  
  • Appendix 6  

• Hogan Lovells Final Report on Parasitic Copying for the European Commission  
  • Index to Appendices  
  • Appendix 1  
  • Appendix 2  
  • Appendix 3  
  • Appendix 4  
  • Appendix 5  
  • Appendix 6  
  • Appendix 7  
  • Appendix 8  
  • Appendix 9  
  • Appendix 10  
  • Appendix 11  

19.09.2011

Publication of a call for tender for a study on on trade secrets and confidential business information in the internal market; deadline for submissions: 18.10.2011

04.04.2011

Synthesis Report on the Stakeholders' Dialogue on Illegal Up- and Downloading 2009-2011  

11.11.2010

Study report on rapid information exchange on counterfeiting and piracy  

02.06.2010

Study on Online Copyright Enforcement and Data Protection in Selected Member States (Netherlands, Poland, UK)  , prepared by Hunton & Williams, Brussels

03.02.2010

Study on Online Copyright Enforcement and Data Protection in Selected Member States  , prepared by Hunton & Williams, Brussels

15.07.2002

Final Report CEBR: “Counting counterfeits: report presenting a method to collect, analyse and compare data on counterfeiting and piracy in the Single Market”  

21.06.1999

Report on responses to the European Commission Green Paper on Counterfeiting and Piracy  

Speeches

22.01.2011 – Michel Barnier

Speech at MidemNet on copyright in the digital era, Cannes (SPEECH/11/40)

02.04.2009 – Charlie McCreevy

Speeches at the 2009 High Level Conference on Counterfeiting and Piracy, Brussels

• Opening remarks (SPEECH/09/168)
• Closing remarks (SPEECH/09/169)

13.05.2008 – Charlie McCreevy

Speech at the 2008 High Level Conference on Counterfeiting and Piracy, Brussels (SPEECH/08/237)

28.04.2008 – Charlie McCreevy

Speech on the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day, Dublin (SPEECH/08/217)

10.03.2008 – President José Manuel Barroso

Speech at the Global Anti-Counterfeit Summit, Brussels

• Read the full speech (SPEECH/08/135)
• Watch the video[3′59″]

29.01.2008 – Charlie McCreevy

Speech to the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, Brussels (SPEECH/08/52)

24.10.2007 – László Kovács

Speech at the Conference on Counterfeiting and the perception of the consumers, Rome

 Resolutions

22.09.2010

European Parliament resolution of 22 September 2010 on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market

01.03.2010

Council resolution on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market  

25.09.2008

Council resolution on a comprehensive European anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy plan

 Useful links

• Anti Counterfeiting and Piracy activities of DG Taxation and Customs
• IPR Enforcement related activities of DG Trade
• IPR Enforcement related activities of DG Enterprise and Industry
• Study on “The effects of counterfeiting on EU SMEs and a review of various public and private IPR enforcement initiatives and resources” – Technopolis, 2007
• Study on the economic impact of counterfeiting and piracy – OECD, 2007