Activities of Zuzana ROITHOVÁ related to 2009/2178(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market (short presentation)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the need for a consistent, efficient and balanced system of protection of intellectual property rights, which takes into account users' rights and obligations and fundamental freedoms, enhances innovation, creates better incentives and supports legal clarity for both rights-holders and consumers in the Internal Market;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to create the EU Certification LabelMark system, which would give a high level of protection for certification marks established at European or at national level, and common rules and a legal framework for certification, guarantee, quality and safety marks, and provide additional effective tools against counterfeited goods which abuse such certification marks;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the EU Certification Mark system should provide additional protection going beyond that afforded by the collective Community Trade Marks and should be run by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Observatory to analyse the problems relating to the storage and disposal of large quantities of counterfeit goods, and to facilitate their reuse to meetsimplify the existing rules for reuse of the counterfeit goods with the consent of the rights-holders for the needs of non-profit organisations.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Calls for more targeted and new media-focused public awareness campaigns, which would seek to empower consumers in the fight against counterfeited goods, especially to educate them about how to recognise counterfeited goods;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Recognises the need for the use of existing institutional structures in the Member States in the fight against counterfeited goods, and therefore calls on the national patent and other intellectual property offices to provide greater support and training to small and medium-sized enterprises and to the public;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 g (new)
Paragraph 8 g (new)
8g. Emphasises, in order to find suitable solutions for tackling infringements of intellectual property rights in the Internal Market, the need for collection of independent, reliable and comparable data on the causes, effects, consequences and scope of infringements of different intellectual property rights and their impact on consumers and on the functioning of the Internal Market;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 h (new)
Paragraph 8 h (new)
8h. Calls on the Observatory to develop and promote the best practices not only in the EU but also in international forums (World Intellectual Property Organisation, World Trade Organisation, etc.);
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 i (new)
Paragraph 8 i (new)
8i. Requests closer involvement of Parliament and the public in work on the next steps against infringements of intellectual property rights; in this respect criticises the lack of information on the progress of the stakeholders’ working groups established by the Commission and the Observatory; therefore calls for the creation of a parliamentary platform to the stakeholders’ working groups;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8j (new)
Paragraph 8j (new)
8j. Notes that the law enforcement and data protection authorities, EUROPOL and EUROJUST representatives, academics, representatives of legal practitioners and civil society should be more involved in the Commission's work on combating infringements of intellectual property rights; therefore calls for these representatives to be invited to the stakeholders’ working groups;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 k (new)
Paragraph 8 k (new)
8k. Looks forward to the Commission communication on transposition of the IPR enforcement directive in the Member States and is prepared to discuss possibilities which would improve legal clarity for the parties involved;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 l (new)
Paragraph 8 l (new)
8l. Calls on the Commission, taking into account the rapidly developing digital environment, to adapt the existing rules for combating infringements of intellectual property rights more rapidly to changes in the markets and in technologies;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 m (new)
Paragraph 8 m (new)
8m. Notes that the biggest challenge for the Internal Market lies in combating infringements of intellectual property rights at the EU's external borders and in third countries; in this respect, calls on the Commission to create more intellectual property helpdesks in third countries (notably in India and Russia) in order to help European entrepreneurs in more active enforcement of their intellectual property rights and in combating infringements of intellectual property rights in third countries and the entry into the Internal Market of counterfeited goods manufactured in such third countries;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 n (new)
Paragraph 8 n (new)
8n. Calls on the Commission to prepare the updated EU strategy on intellectual property rights, which will propose proportional measures for effective and successful combating of infringements of intellectual property rights;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 o (new)
Paragraph 8 o (new)
8o. Calls on the Observatory to analyse the issue of multi-territory licences for digital content in order to further develop the legal offer of digital content;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 p (new)
Paragraph 8 p (new)
8p. Calls on Member States and the Commission to put into place an efficient mechanism for market surveillance, in particular an early warning system for counterfeited goods, which would make it possible to have these goods rapidly withdrawn from the market everywhere in the Union;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 q (new)
Paragraph 8 q (new)
8q. Calls on Member States and the Commission to extend the cooperation between the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market and national intellectual property offices to cover also the fight against infringements of intellectual property rights;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 r (new)
Paragraph 8 r (new)
8r. Calls on the Commission to identify the particular problems and needs of SMEs to develop specific measures to assist SMEs in the fight against infringements of intellectual property rights and to enable SMEs to better protect themselves both in the EU and in third countries;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 s (new)
Paragraph 8 s (new)
8s. Calls on the Commission to organise the work of the Observatory in a way which makes it possible to develop a more comprehensive view of the economic, social and societal implications of infringements of intellectual property rights, including indirect costs to the public budget, such as tax losses and loss of employment in the EU;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 t (new)
Paragraph 8 t (new)
8t. Stresses that an effective fight against infringements of intellectual property rights requires that counterfeited products from third countries can be seized at the external borders of the EU under EU customs regulations; recalls that this can be ensured only if intellectual property rights are protected throughout the entire territory of the EU and goods can be seized at every external border regardless of where they enter; recalls that, consequently, the creation of the EU patent is of paramount importance in the fight against counterfeiting; stresses also that the use of the Community Trademark should not be weakened by requiring that the Community Trademark be used in more than one Member State;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 u (new)
Paragraph 8 u (new)
8u. Calls on the Commission to identify weaknesses in the current legal framework for intellectual property rights enforcement, with a view to strengthening and clarifying the existing framework, including a clarification of the relations between intellectual property rights enforcement and data protection;