Press Release: After ACTA: EU needs new tools to protect EU intellectual property rights

The European Parliament adopted on 08 June 2015 a resolution calling for the European Union to come up with better tools to protect EU's intellectual property in third countries. Members of the chamber asked the European Commission to look into appropriate means and methods to this end.

In a separate resolution, voted on the same day, MEPs also advocated assessing and adjusting intra-EU rules to combat online breaches of intellectual property rights (IPRs).

In 2013, EU customs authorities confiscated almost 36 million items thought to be counterfeit or to infringe IPRs, worth over €760 million.

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ESO: Background information: Piracy, the quiet killer of the EU’s cultural industries http://www.europeansources.info/record/piracy-the-quiet-killer-of-the-eus-cultural-industries/

ESO: Background information: Does ACTA still matter? Protecting intellectual property rights in international trade http://www.europeansources.info/record/does-acta-still-matter-protecting-intellectual-property-rights-in-international-trade/

ESO: Background information: Commission presents actions to better protect and enforce intellectual property rights http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-presents-actions-to-better-protect-and-enforce-intellectual-property-rights/

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