Further News from the European Commission on IP Enforcement

Annsley Merelle Ward of IPKat published a post last night on the Communication from the Commission to the Institutions on Setting out the EU approach to Standard Essential Patents (about which I also blogged yesterday, see here), stating that "neither of the camps who were intensely lobbying in advance of the publication seem able to declare an outright victory in respect of their primary positions . . . . It seems to be a score-draw."  The IPKat post also notes that the Commission published two other communications yesterday relevant to IP enforcement, a Communication from the Commission to the Institutions on Guidance on certain aspects of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the enforcement of intellectual property rights and a Communication from the Commission to the Institutions - A balanced IP enforcement system responding to today's societal challenges. I will try to make some time over the next few days to read these and provide some comments here; IPKat also promises a future post on these two additional communications.  A busy end to the month!