Activities of Jiří MAŠTÁLKA related to 2014/2151(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Intellectual property rights: an EU action plan (A8-0169/2015 - Pavel Svoboda) CS
Amendments (7)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas intellectual property rights are one of the driving forces of innovation and creativity and a key contributor to competitiveness and employment; whereas the enforcement of intellectual property rights plays a significant role in ensuring consumers’ health and safety; whereas counterfeiting is generally linked with a black economy;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes at the same time that consumers should be better able to identify infringing offers so that they can decide not to proceed with a given purchase; deplores the fact that the Commission´s action plan does not include any action designed to improve consumer´s ability to identify infringing goods and contents, and calls on the Commission to reflect further on the development of specific tools especially with regard to the sharing of best practices;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Looks forward to receiving information on existing national initiatives addressing IP civil enforcement for SMEs by the end of 2015; welcomes the forthcoming Green Paper on the need for future Union action based on the best practice found in nationally financed schemes assisting SMEs to enforce their IP rights; calls on the Commission to make sure that any measure taken will have a limited impact in terms of burden and cost imposed on SMEs; insists on the need to take into account SMEs when drafting legislation and reiterates that the ‘think small first’ principle should be applied at all times;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s proposed Green Paper on consulting stakeholders on the impact of chargeback and related schemes to tackle commercial scale IP infringements and to assess the need to take more concrete actions in this field, both in the online and in the offline context;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that applying due diligence, which has a different meaning in the online and the offline environment and thus has to be defined accordingly, throughout the supply chain would improve the business environment and contribute to preventing infringing goods from entering the market; stresses, however, that the cost-benefit ratio of qualitative auditing schemes should be well assessed and that providing support to SMEs should be considered in that respect;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses its satisfaction about the development of the activities ofects the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy to function as a tool for collecting and exchanging data and information on all forms of IPR infringements, and welcomes in particular the efforts made and the results obtained, notably as regards the Enforcement Database and the Anti- Counterfeiting Intelligence Support Tool so far; calls on the Commission to monitor the work of the Observatory making sure that its reports are of a high quality, and use rigorously this evidence to propose solutions for improving legislation; calls on the Commission to report back to Parliament on this on a regular basis;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that the enforcement of intellectual property rights should be proportionate and respect users’ fundamental rights and freedoms, such as the right to presumption of innocence, the right to fair trial, confidentiality of communications. Any restrictions to users’ rights must be foreseen by law.