Press Release: Intellectual Property Rights: Commission comes forward with practical, non-legislative measures to combat counterfeiting and piracy

The European Commission adopted a Communication on enhancing the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market on 14 September, 2009. The Communication set out a series of practical initiatives to respond to the dramatic and damaging effect that counterfeiting and piracy is having on EU economies and on society in general. The Commission proposed to complement the existing legal framework by more focused enforcement through greater collaboration between the private sector, national authorities and consumers, throughout the internal market.