INTELLECTUAL PROPRTY
April 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLA DRAFT EU directive is being drawn up in Brussels, which would harmonise the way that national governments protect intellectual property rights within the EU. The law would also provide guidelines for the cooperation of agencies enforcing intellectual property rights, in taking action against breaches and theft of copyright. In a speech on counterfeiting and piracy in Stockholm, the EU internal market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein said that the directive would be formally tabled early next year, after which there will inevitably be at least a ...
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