Press Release: EU-US Summit: EU and US step up joint fight against counterfeiting

Preview of the launch of a joint EU-US action programme on 20 June 2006 to tackle global intellectual property piracy. The programme had been conceived in 2005 and was to be endorsed by the EU-US Summit in Vienna on 21 June. The joint strategy was an important reinforcement of the global fight against counterfeiting and intellectual property theft. It was the first EU-US joint enforcement programme of its kind.

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