News (Enforcement of intellectual property rights)

2013

19.04.2013: Conference: “Jointly Building Resilient EU Responses to Counterfeiting”, 22.04.2013
18.04.2013: 33 companies and trade associations join in fight against the online sale of counterfeit goods (MEX/13/0418)
18.04.2013: Conference: “Jointly Building Resilient EU Responses to Counterfeiting”, 22.04.2013

18.12.2012: Commission urges industry to deliver innovative solutions for greater access to online content
11.12.2012: Commission launches a consultation on the Misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential business information.
30.11.2012: Civil enforcement of intellectual property rights: public consultation on the efficiency of proceedings and accessibility of measures
15.11.2012: Survey on Trade Secrets and Confidential Business Information in the Internal Market - until 3 December 2012
27.09.2012: Report on Measuring IPR infringements in the internal market, from 27.09.2012
30.05.2012: Conference on “Enforcement of intellectual property rights: review of Directive 2004/48/EC”, 26.04.2012
21.05.2012: Conference on trade secrets, 29.06.2012
01.02.2012: Winners of “Hands off my Design” competition announced (IP/12/93)
13.01.2012: Commission publishes studies on parasitic copying and protection of trade secrets

19.09.2011: Publication of a call for tender for a study on on trade secrets and confidential business information in the internal market
14.07.2011: Summary Report on the Public Hearing on Directive 2004/48/EC of 7 June 2011
08.07.2011: Report on the public consultation on the application of the IPR Enforcement Directive
24.05.2011: Commission sets out “blueprint” for Intellectual Property Rights to boost creativity and innovation (IP/11/630)
04.05.2011: Memorandum of Understanding on the sale of Counterfeit Goods over the Internet
18.04.2011: Commission and the OHIM agreed a Memorandum of Understanding on the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy pending the adoption of the abovementioned Regulation
04.04.2011: Synthesis Report on the Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Illegal Up- and Downloading 2009–2011
21.01.2011: Photo album of the Awards ceremony of 23 June 2010
11.01.2011: Consultation on the Commission Report on the enforcement of intellectual property rights

11.11.2010: Study report on rapid information exchange on counterfeiting and piracy
23.06.2010: Counterfeiting and Piracy – Frequently Asked Questions (MEMO/10/272)
23.06.2010: Parliament and the Commission award prizes for winners of ‘Real Fake’ competition (IP/10/785)
31.03.2010: Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union has opened a consultation process on the review of EU legislation on customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) on 25 March 2010
11.03.2010: Invitation to tender for a contract to develop a methodology and to assess the scope, scale and impact of counterfeiting and piracy in the internal market.
01.03.2010: Council resolution on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market
01.03.2010: ‘Real Fake’ Competition – EU competition for schools on counterfeiting and piracy
03.02.2010: Study on Online Copyright Enforcement and Data Protection in Selected Member States prepared by Hunton & Williams, Brussels