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Gallo Report: Copyright & patent dogmatism at its worst at the European Parliament

Brussels, January 29th, 2010 - The draft1 of the Gallo2 report on strengthening the enforcement of "intellectual property rights" (IPR) in the Internal Market has been presented in the JURI commission of the European Parliament. This initiative report3 is a response to a communication of the Commission on the same topic, which La Quadrature has already strongly condemned4. The document has only one merit: it provides a perfect example of the worst kind of IPR dogmatism.

  1. 1. http://www.laquadrature.net/files/GalloReport-20100128.pdf
  2. 2. Marielle Gallo, rapporteur of this "IPR enforcement" report, is a French EPP Member of the European Parliament.
  3. 3. A non-legislative position of the European Parliament preparing or encouraging legislative initiative
  4. 4. http://www.laquadrature.net/en/dogmatic-ipr-enforcement-fails-to-address...

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