18 | 06 | 2010

Final event and presentation of results of the “strenghtening the enforcement of intellectual property rights” project(EU PHARE 2006 programme)

The official closure of the PHARE 2006 twinning project “Strengthening the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights” have been marked by a formal ceremony, on Friday, 18 June 2010.
Mr. Željko Topić, Director General of the State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Keld Nymann Jensen, Deputy Director General of the Danish Patent and Trademark Office, Mr. Paolo Berizzi, Head of the Operations Section - Institutional Building, Finance, Justice, Freedom, Security and Twinning Coordination of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Oliver Grbić, General Police Director of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Kruno Kovačević, Chief Inspector of the State Inspectorate of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Mario Demirović, Assistant Director General of the Customs Administration of the Republic of Croatia and Mr. Kristian Turkalj, Director of the EU and Human Rights Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia addressed the participants.
Following the same, high ranking officials of the twinning partners, the Danish Patent and Trademark Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia, presented the project results.
The extent and effects of counterfeiting and piracy are so substantial that they require a strong and long-term action to be taken by the governments, business subjects and the users themselves. Therefore, an effective enforcement of laws, a support by the general public, and a closer cooperation between the sate agencies and industry is imperative in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy.
Press release