Alvydas Stancikas Head of Unit D3 Enforcement of industrial and intellectual property rights DG INTE

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Alvydas StancikasHead of Unit D3Enforcement of
industrial and intellectual property rightsDG
INTERNAL MARKET / European Commission

• Conference on counterfeiting and piracy of 14th
  March 2008
• Copenhagen

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Importance of a flight against
counterfeiting and piracyGROWING PROBLEM-
raising numbers- widening range
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Complexity of a problem

• Not only economic,
• but also
• Health and security of our citizens
• Involvement of organised crime

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Counterfeiting and business

• damage to innovation / technology / RD
• damage to knowledge based economy

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What the EU is doing about protection IPR ?

• 1. International Trade Relations
• 2. Customs cooperation
• 3. Exchange of best practices
• 4. Consumers communication
• 5. Internal Market activities

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International Trade Relations

• For example
• Bilateral dialogue
• Neighbouring policy
• Western Balkans and
• former USSR republics
• ACTA

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Customs Cooperation

• For example
• Infrastructure action
• Risk analysis techniques
• Exchange of information

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Exchange of best practice among enterprises

• For example
• Best practice project on IPR Enforcement

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Consumer Awareness

• For example
• Communication activities
• Conferences
• Public awareness
• Internet sites
• Education in schools

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Internal Market

• Enforcement directive 2004/48/CE

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NEW UNIT

• Enforcement of industrial and intellectual
  property rights
• Legal and non legislative measures

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There is a lot to do within the EU!

• ENFORCEMENT of acquis communautaire

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Problems

• Lack of awareness and practical experience
• Insufficient information
• Insufficient public / private sector cooperation
• Insufficient administrative cooperation among
  different authorities

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NEW UNIT IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVEMENT OF

• administrative cooperation within and between MS

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Within MS, we try to

• identify and promote good practices
• help to improve coordination

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Between MS, we try to

• work on improvement of information exchange

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Additionally the new Unit focuses on

• Improvement of awareness and access to
  information between competent authorities and the
  private sector
• Collection and documentation of information on
  counterfeiting and piracy
• Improvement of society information on the
  counterfeited goods

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Thank you for your attention.