EU, U.S. Review and Expand Anti-Counterfeiting Programs

On February 1, 2007, officials from the European Commission and the U.S. government met with industry representatives in Geneva to review efforts to fight counterfeiting and piracy. U.S. and EU Customs officials are participating in joint targeting and examination of shipments in search of counterfeits. Intellectual property rights (IPR) experts in both the EU and the U.S. have established close and regular contacts on the most important enforcement issues, and have focused attention on key problem countries ... [more]