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IPR Enforcement

The European Union's IPR Enforcement directive is being reviewed in 2011. The review takes up where the Telecoms Package left off, and is known to be looking into ways of making ISPs liable for copyrighted content, and possibly some form of EU-wide 3-strikes agreement. It is driven by the French Commissioner for the Internal Market, Michel Barnier.

Thus, IPR - and copyright - enforcement remains at the head of the political agenda.

This section will monitor the review and other aspects of EU policy which relate to IPR and copyright enforcement. It will also log industry moves which stand to influence the policy agendaand seek to understand in what ways European IPR enforcement policy could change or evolve.

EU puts fast-track IPR enforcement on the map

Monica Horten

Published on 22 April 2013

The European Commission has confirmed that is is looking at a Europe-wide approach to intellectual property enforcement on the Internet. In light of its ACTA defeat, the Commission is being deliberately ambiguous as to the nature of the measures under consideration. But could it mean pan-European web blocks?

European Commission copyright consultation is no April Fool

Monica Horten

Published on 01 April 2013

For those who missed it, the European Commission consultation on IPR enforcment (IPRED directive) closed yesterday. It’s a very odd closing date, being Easter Sunday and a public holiday throughout the EU, and also being the day before April Fools day. Does it make you suspicious? One quick glance at the IPRED consultation questionnaire should tell you – it is seriously problematic.

EU puts IPR enforcement on the back burner

Monica Horten

Published on 20 December 2012

That is not what it said, but it is what is meant.

The European Union is putting copyright and IPR enforcement on the back burner until 2014. It means that 3-strikes, notice and action, and other enforcement measures currently the subject of proposed legislation, are not expected before then. This follows the EU’s fanfare announcement this week about stakeholder dialogues on innovative solutions for the digital economy. The announcement comes in the same week as the European Commission has withdrawn its referral of ACTA to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

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