Please refer also to Commercial & Industrial Policy

Links:
http://www.ipr-helpdesk.org/index.htm
http://europa.eu.
http://www.wipo.org
 

TRIP's
    * Information to Euratex' members about European and international Intellectual Property discussions, projects and activities
    * Information to European institutions on situation and needs of the European textile and clothing industry in the field of protection of intellectual property
    * Monitoring and analysing of international legislation on Intellectual Property and the implementation of the TRIP’s provisions

Please refer also to Commercial & Industrial Policy

Links:
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm
http://europa.eu.

TRADEMARKS & DESIGNS
    * Information to Euratex' members about European and international discussions on trademarks and designs (legislation, court cases, negotiations…)
    * Information to European institutions on situation and needs of the European textile and clothing industry in the field of trademarks and/or designs
    * Monitoring the implementation and use of Community designs and Community trademarks (cf. OAMI / OHMI activities)
    * Designing and coordinating advocacy actions in favor of community exhaustion of trademarks (cf. parallel import issues)

Links:

http://europa.eu.
http://www.aim.be

COUNTERFEITING
    * Information to Euratex' members about European and international discussions, projects and activities concerning the fight against counterfeiting and piracy
    * Information to European institutions on situation and needs of the European textile and clothing industry in this field
    * Monitoring and analysing of European initiatives and legislation within the internal Market (European and national legislations) and at the borders (community customs legislation)
    * Designing and coordinating advocacy actions relating to this topic, including drafting of related position papers

Links:

http://europa.eu