Commission presents actions to better protect and enforce intellectual property rights

The European Commission has today adopted two communications – an Action Plan to address infringements of intellectual property rights in the EU and a Strategy for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in third countries.  The EU Action Plan sets out a number of actions to focus the EU’s IPR enforcement policy on commercial scale infringements (the so-called ‘follow the money’ approach). The Strategy setting out an international approach examines recent changes and presents ways to improve the Commission’s current means of action to promote enhanced IPR standards in third countries and to stem the trade in IPR infringing goods. Here to read more.