Brussels, 14/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - At a press conference on 14 July, Taxation and Internal Market Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta set out the main points of the Commission's 2010 report on the customs union. He took stock of the work carried out by the customs offices in enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR), infringement of which has, he said, a negative impact on innovation, new job creation and society in general.
The number of cases of IPR infringement dealt with by...