EU Commission comes forward with practical, non-legislative measures to combat counterfeiting and piracy

The European Commission today adopted a Communication on enhancing the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market. The Communication sets out a series of practical initiatives to respond to the dramatic and damaging effect that counterfeiting and piracy is having on European Union economies and on society in general, and is of particular concern to the pharmaceutical industry.

The Commission is proposing 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.