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FIRST JOINT PLENARY MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY, MADRID, PALACIO DE CONGRESOS, 10 JUNE 2010

24 June 2010

The First Joint Plenary Meeting of the EU Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy took place in Madrid on 10 June 2010.

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STATUS OF THE WORK OF THE LEGAL SUB-GROUP OF THE EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY

24 June 2010

The findings of the Legal Sub-Group of the EU Observatory on Counterfeiting & Piracy regarding the evaluation of the implementation of Directive 2004/48/EC (“the Enforcement Directive”) in the Member States (Damages and Corrective Measures) have been released on the Observatory’s website.

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US 2010 Joint Strategic Plan released

24 June 2010

The US IP Enforcement Coordinator released the US 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on June 22th 2010.

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Great news from the U.S. in the war against counterfeiting!

27 April 2010

Our man in the U.S., Jim Bikoff reports that on April 26, 2010, the federal partners of the U.S. National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (“IPR Center”) announced that more than $263 million worth of counterfeit and pirated merchandise was seized by law enforcement around the country in the month of April.

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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: release of negotiation documents

23 April 2010

The negotiation parties of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) published the documents of the 8th round of negotiations held in Wellington on 12-16 April. The European Commission welcomes the decision to make the draft available to the public. This text shows that the overall objective of ACTA is to address large-scale infringements of intellectual property rights which have a significant economic impact. ACTA will by no means lead to a limitation of civil liberties or to "harassment" of consumers.

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