The EU needs better tools to protect EU intellectual property in third countries, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Tuesday. They ask the EU Commission to look into appropriate means and methods to this end. In a separate resolution, also voted on Tuesday, they also advocate assessing and adjusting intra-EU rules to combat online breaches of intellectual property rights (IPRs). The “commercial nature of many IPR infringements” and the “growing involvement of organised crime” pose a serious threat to creativity and innovation, which are the EU’s key assets in the global market say MEPs, in a resolution drafted by Maria Alessia Mosca (S&D, IT) and approved on Tuesday by 521 votes to 164 with 17 abstentions.
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