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Controversial Intellectual Property Law Rushes EU Parliament: European Consumers Face ‘Nuclear Weapons’ of IP Law Enforcement
23 February 2004 Contact:Â Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director +1 415-553-6261Â robin@ipjustice.org Controversial Intellectual Property Law Rushes EU Parliament: European Consumers Face "Nuclear Weapons" of IP Law Enforcement Today and tomorrow (23-24 February 2004), the controversial European Union Directive for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights heads to its final debate [...]
Archive of news from 2004 and prior
14 Feb., 2004: IP Justice: EU Poised to Attack P2P File-Sharers and Punish Non-Commercial Infringements Feb. 4, 2004: IP Justice Analysis of 3 EU Proposals (Council, EP, and Commission) on Key Issues March 12, 2004: Report from EDRI on the Passage of the EU IP Enforcement Directive EurActiv Report on [...]
EU Poised to Attack P2P File-Sharers and Punish Non-Commercial Infringements
14 February 2004 Contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director European Union Poised to Attack P2P File-Sharers IP Enforcement Directive Targets Non-Commercial Infringements The final weeks of the European Union's push to enact the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive are heating up with a battle brewing between consumers and the [...]
US Gov’t Comments to EU on IPRE Directive: Recommends Targeting Non-Commercial Copying
U.S. Government Email on Proposed EU Directive on Measures and Procedures to Ensure Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights [Forwarded to IP Justice from MEP, details of US Government source under investigation, possibly USPTO] February 2003 [sic - 2004] The effective enforcement of intellectual property rights is a challenge faced by [...]
IP Justice Analysis of 3 EU Proposals (Council, EP, and Commission) on Key Issues
IP Justice Comparison of Key Provisions in EU Proposals to Enact the EU Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive  Article 2 � Scope of Directive Commission[1] European Parliament[2] Council[3] Comments All civil infringements of Intellectual Property (IP) All civil infringements of Intellectual Property (IP) All civil infringements of Intellectual Property [...]
IP Justice Santo Domingo Statement: ‘Why the Americas Should Resist Pressure to Adopt the FTAA’s Intellectual Property Rights Chapter’
IP Justice Santo Domingo Statement: Why the Americas Should Resist Pressure to Adopt the FTAA's Intellectual Property Rights Chapter View statement as PDF document with footnotes View statement as Word document with footnote 28 January 2004 IP Justice Santo Domingo Statement: Why the Americas Should Resist Pressure to [...]