Activities of Max ANDERSSON related to 2014/2151(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Intellectual property rights: an EU action plan (A8-0169/2015 - Pavel Svoboda) SV
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on ‘Towards a renewed consensus on the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: An EU Action Plan’ PDF (202 KB) DOC (134 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Article 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas intellectual property rights are one of the driving forces of innovation and creativity and a key contributor to competitiveness and employment; whereas product authenticity must not be conflated with product safety and product quality issues, the enforcement of intellectual property rights plays a significantcould also play a role in ensuring consumers’ health and safety; whereas counterfeiting is generally linked with a black economy;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there is a certain level of tolerance among Europeans for the idea that IPR infringements could be considered legitimate, especially among the young generation8 and entrepreneurial start-up companies; __________________ 8 See OHIM Report ‘European Citizens and intellectual property: perception, awareness and behaviour’, November 2013.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas law enforcement is essential with regard to the foreseeability of the law, and whereas it is of the utmost importance to find effective, proportionate and dissuasive means of enforcing IPR;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that all actors in the supply chain have a role to play in the fight against IPR infringement and should be involved in this process; stresses that an approach involving all actors should be developed both in the online and in the offline context; believes that fundamental rights need to be balanced for this to be successful as measures that impact fundamental rights cannot be undertaken voluntarily by commercial operators, but need a legal basis and judicial oversight;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the approach of depriving IPR infringers of their revenues by means of agreements between right-holders and their partners; supports the elaboration of memoranda of understanding as soft-law measures to fight against counterfeiting and piracy, and supports the idea of developing such measures further among stakeholders; reminds the Commission that it is precluded by the 2003 Inter-Institutional Agreement8afrom supporting self- and co- regulatory mechanisms where fundamental rights, such as the right to freedom of expression, are at stake; __________________ 8aThe Inter-Institutional Agreement on Better Law-Making between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (2003/C 321/01)
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the approach taken by the Commission to develop targeted awareness campaigns; believes that it is essential that the concrete consequences of IPR infringements for society as a whole, and for consumers and citizens individually, should be understood by all; believes that consumers should be better informed of what IPR consist of, and what can be done or not done with protected goods and content as foreseeability of the law is a precondition for its respect; calls on the Commission and the Member States to further develop awareness actions aimed at specific audiences and relevant markets;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Asks the Commission to increase its efforts to put an end to extortion practices profiting from over-broad protection of vaguely defined intellectual property assets;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Takes the view that extensive intermediary liability regimes threatens the development of new business models and a free and open internet;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists on the need to take into account SMEs when drafting legislation, and reiterates that the ‘think small first’ principle should be applied at all times, in particular with regards to clarifying which achievements constitute patentable subject matter;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists onthat the important role played by customs and international cooperation in the fight against IPR infringement in cross- border trade must not undermine global public health targets and trade in generic medicines;