Activities of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2011/0135(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) and protection of intellectual property rights (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on entrusting the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with certain tasks related to the protection of intellectual property rights, including the assembling of public and private sector representatives as a European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
Amendments (8)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In its Resolution on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market of 1 March 2010, the Council invited the Commission, the Member States and industry to provide the Observatory with available reliable and comparable data on counterfeiting and piracyinfringements of intellectual property rights and to jointly develop and agree, in the context of the Observatory, on plans to collect further information. The Council also invited the Observatory to publish each year a comprehensive annual report covering the scope, scale and principal characteristics of counterfeiting and piracyinfringements of intellectual property rights as well as its impact on the internal market. That annual report should be prepared with the information provided by the authorities of the Member States, the Commission and the private sector, within the limits of data protection law, on the scope, scale and principal characteristics of counterfeiting and piracyinfringements of intellectual property rights as well as its impact on the internal market.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Office should offer a forum that brings together public authorities and the private sector, ensuring the collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant objective, comparable and reliable data regarding the value of intellectual property rights and the infringements of those rights, the development of best practices and strategies to protect intellectual property rights, and raising public awareness of the impacts of intellectual property rights infringements. Furthermore, the Office should fulfil additional tasks, such as to improve the understanding of the value of intellectual property rights, enhance the expertise of persons involved in the enforcement of intellectual property rights by appropriate training measures, increase knowledge on techniques to prevent counterfeitinginfringements of intellectual property rights, and improve cooperation with third countries and international organisations.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – title
Article 1 – title
Subject matter, scope and objectives
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation entrusts the Office for Harmonizsation in the Internal Market (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Office’) with certain tasks related to the protection of intellectual property rights in order to facilitate and support the activities of the national authorities, private industry and the European Commission. In carrying out these tasks the Office shall regularly invite experts, authorities and stakeholders which will assemble under the name ‘European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Observatory’).
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The principal objective of the Office's activities with regard to intellectual property protection shall be to support and facilitate efforts within the Union by national authorities, private industry and other relevant persons to afford better protection to intellectual property rights, particularly as regards trade mark counterfeiting and copyright piracy, notably through the provision of support to the Observatory.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) enhancing the knowledge on technical tools to prevent and combat counterfeiting and piracyinfringements of intellectual property rights, including tracking and tracing systems;
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Office shall take account of existing obligations on Member States requiring them to provide information on infringements of intellectual property rights, and shall seek to avoid duplication of efforts.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) recommendobservations on the future policies in the area of the protection of intellectual property rights and potential future policies and strategies, including on how to enhance an effective cooperation with and between Member States, drawing on their own experiences.