MEPs will on Tuesday (20 March) vote on a draft law that could see EU-wide criminal penalties for counterfeiting and violating intellectual property rights.
Members of the European Parliament's legal affairs committee will give their view on a draft report by Italian socialist MEP Nicola Zingaretti following an April 2006 European Commission proposal for a law on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
According to the commission, the r...
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