Activities of Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE related to 2008/2133(INI)
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Amendments (5)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, in the case of patents on pharmaceutical products, whilst infringements of patents are settled case- by-case on the basis of substantive arguments made in civil proceedings on the grounds of a patent infringement, infringements of copyright and trademarks constitute intentional offences,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it important that international initiatives such as ACTA that are taken to combat counterfeiting and piracy should not lead to the adoption of more stringent patent-protection measures that go beyond the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS);
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee, in line with Parliament's position and Article 61 of the TRIPS Agreement1 , that ACTA will be restricted to promoting criminal measures applicable to copyright and trademark infringements, and that such measures will not cover the area of patents;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to guarantee – as is already the case under Article 3(2)2 of Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights - that measures promoted at international level to combat counterfeiting and piracy will be applied in such a way as to avoid creating barriers to legitimate trade; considers that, in addition, safeguards should be put in place against any abuse of these measures;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)