Making IP Infringement A Crime
News Crucially this directive, known as the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED), was amended to prevent criminal sanctions from being made available in all IP cases. The law in the UK is generally used only in cases of large-scale...
[August 1, 2005, 17:30]
Group Warns Of Europe's 'DMCA On Steroids'
News The groups argue that the proposed IP Enforcement Directive, is a "DMCA on steroids" that would hand broad anti-competitive powers to large foreign companies, limit competition, and erode the traditional rights of consumers to use the products...
[August 11, 2003, 16:45]
EU Anti-piracy Directive Heads For Final Vote
News Intellectual property: Enforcing the rights, measures and procedures", known as the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive, is primarily aimed at cracking down on organised piracy and counterfeiting in the EU, a growing problem.
[February 26, 2004, 11:05]
EU Data-retention Directive Leaked
News The EU's plan for data retention will also necessitate the creation of a new body of law enforcement agents, the tech world and data protection authorities, which will be charged with translating the directive for emerging technologies.
[August 2, 2005, 9:45]
Don't Throw Buyers' Rights Overboard
Leader The European IPR Enforcement Directive contains many of the same ideas as Digital Millennium Copyright Act which, in the US, has seen researchers face criminal charges for pointing out security holes in digital rights management technology.
[May 18, 2005, 13:30]
Critics Delay Vote On EU Intellectual Property Law
News The draft directive on the enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights was set for a vote in the European Parliament on 11 September, but was delayed until early November, then until this week. The MEP responsible for guiding the IP...
[November 19, 2003, 16:30]
'DMCA On Steroids' Heads For Euro Parliament
News Intellectual property: Enforcing the rights, measures and procedures", known as the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive, is primarily aimed at cracking down on organised piracy and counterfeiting in the EU, but critics say its...
[February 19, 2004, 20:39]
EU Lawmakers Threaten Open Source
News The proposal is described as a "European Parliament and Council directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of IP rights". Joachim Jakobs from FSF Europe said that not only could company managers face being tried in a criminal...
[August 1, 2005, 17:45]
Government Launches Review Of Intellectual Property Laws
News European politicians are now considering another directive which would make violating IP a criminal offence, rather than merely a civil one. The proposed directive, which was adopted by the European Commission in July, would allow criminal...
[December 2, 2005, 13:10]
Torvalds Wades Into Linux Trademark Row
News Florian Mueller, who campaigned against the EU software patents directive and was recently hailed as one of the most important people in intellectual property, said on Monday trademarks and copyright are different to software patents.
[August 22, 2005, 13:30]
Europe's 'DMCA On Steroids' Gets Go-ahead
News The draft directive on the enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights was earlier set for a vote on 11 September, but was delayed until early November, then until later in the month, and finally until 27 November.
[November 27, 2003, 16:35]
EU Considers Changes To IP Enforcement
News However, Fourtou said she would support an attempt to have the directive adopted at first reading, because of time constraints. A new EU proposal for harmonising intellectual property law enforcement across member states has come under criticism...
[May 16, 2003, 16:06]
