Article: UEAPME DEFENDS CAR SPARE PARTS MAKERS

The UEAPME, an association representing craft and smaller businesses in the EU, has come out firmly in favour of makers of spare parts for cars in the protracted dispute over the draft EU Directive on the protection of intellectual property rights in designs and models. In reaction to a recent statement by Jacques Calvet, the new Chairman of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), who speaks of a need to strengthen intellectual property rights in this sector, the UEAPME asserts that in most Member States, spare parts are protected, so it is quite out of order to start accusing spare parts producers of piracy. The UEAPME also stresses that tests carried out ...

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