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MEP calls for tougher action against product piracy
Gianluca Susta an Italian MEP is calling for a much tougher line to be taken against product piracy. In the draft – PDF file – of a report by the European Parliament on the impact of product counterfeiting he calls for the creation of an EU agency to coordinate countermeasures against product piracy. He claims such an agency would improve the effectiveness of the measures already in place, and would create “synergies” with private enterprise. The MEP is also calling for an extension of the trade-related aspects of the World Trade Organization’s intellectual property rights agreement TRIPS and for a speedy conclusion to the ‘Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement’ (ACTA) being drawn up by the leading industrial nations.