After ACTA - EU needs new tools to protect EU intellectual property rights
Le Parlement européen réclame de meilleurs outils pour protéger la propriété intellectuelle de l'UE dans les pays tiers et renforcer la lutte contre la contrefaçon.
The EU needs better tools to protect EU intellectual property in third countries, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Tuesday. They ask the EU Commission to look into appropriate means and methods to this end. In a separate resolution, also voted on Tuesday, they also advocate assessing and adjusting intra-EU rules to combat online breaches of intellectual property rights (IPRs). The “commercial nature of many IPR infringements” and the “growing involvement of organised crime” pose a serious threat to creativity and innovation, which are the EU’s key assets in the global market say MEPs, in a resolution drafted by Maria Alessia Mosca (S&D, IT) and approved on Tuesday by 521 votes to 164 with 17 abstentions. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20150605IPR63110/html/After-ACTA-EU-needs-new-tools-to-protect-EU-intellectual-property-rights Intellectual property rights in third countries