Durán-Corretjer SLP

Last November 29th, the European Commission adopted a package of measures addressed to reinforce the fight against infringement of Intellectual Property rights, that include:

1. Stepping up the fight against counterfeiting and piracy focussing on big infringers.
2. Ensure an equally high level of legal protection and predictable judicial framework across the European Union, creating a new guidance to interpret the Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
3. Reduce the volume of counterfeited products reaching the European Union market. To that end, the European Commission proposes to reinforce cooperation programmes with third countries (China, South-East Asia, Latin America) and create a watch-list of markets that are reported to engage in, or facilitate, substantial IPR infringement.
4. Creating a fair and balanced system for Standard Essential Patents.