COUNTERFEITING DIRECTIVE
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a counterfeiting and piracy directive. The legislation widens powers available to EU customs and trading officials to seize fake goods and also for rights holders to secure financial compensation, injunctions, damages and the destruction and recall of illegal goods. Other pan-EU rights created by the directive include judges being able to reveal the names and addresses of counterfeit good distributors. Also, member governments will have to cooperate via a system of national correspondents ...
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