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Controversial agreement has split MEPs; Socialist asked to draft Parliament's stance. A left-wing alliance in the European Parliament is bidding to

David Martin replaces Kader Arif, who quit position because of 'a lack of transparency'. David Martin, a British MEP from the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group, has...

Green paper will look at online distribution of audio-visual material. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner for the internal market, is next week (13 July) expected to...

Member states agree common position on patent. Officials from Poland, which is about to take over the rotating presidency of the Council of Ministers, will be able to start...

Disagreement over sharing the proceeds of fees that businesses pay for their patents. The creation of a single European Union patent could be held up by disagreement over...

Progress on an EU-wide patent has been difficult for many a presidency of the Council of Ministers, but things should be different for Poland, Poland has made plain that it...

Strategy to highlight initiatives until 2014. The European Commission is set to announce a wide-ranging strategy on intellectual property rights (IPR) and to signal its...

European Commission prepares to announce a series of reforms on on intellectual property rights. The fragmentation of the EU's intellectual-property regime must be...

Claims that anti-counterfeiting agreement goes beyond EU law. MEPs opposed to a new global anti-counterfeiting agreement will try next week to refer the pact to the European...

When it comes to patents, Italians should be pragmatic and realistic. At a time when almost all Italian headlines refer to ‘bunga bunga', it is easy for Italians not to...

Industry and the EU believe consumers would benefit from a digital single market. Nothing illustrates more clearly the power of the consumer to shape the digital economy...

Commission defies opposition from Italy and Spain The European Commission has opened the way for member states to create a common European patent system, despite opposition...

Deal will boost copyright protection The European Commission said today that international negotiators had reached a provisional deal on a new global Anti-Counterfeiting...

Europe's drug-makers say a price squeeze has affected the market more than a high-profile Commission investigation. The research-based pharmaceutical industry in Europe now...

Developing countries could lose access to life-saving medicines, campaigners warn. Patients in developing countries could be denied access to vital medicines under...

Business groups divided over ACTA talks. Business groups are split over the merits of an anti-counterfeiting treaty that is being negotiated internationally.

No mandatory internet cut-offs, say negotiators of anti-counterfeiting agreement. The draft text of a controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is to be made...

The record industry calls file-sharing theft, but many others disagree. Copyright is the most contentious form of intellectual property protection at the moment, ...

Report says industry loses €10bn each year and internet piracy ‘equal' to counterfeiting of goods. Teenagers who illegally download music, films and other digital...

Important court ruling on chocolate bears. Having devoted substantial time, money and effort to years of legal training, there must be moments when judges at the EU's...