Latest leak reveals that review of EU IP enforcement framework is currently in a deadlock
KAT-LEAK: exclusive image of Brussels cabinet meeting Leaks of internal EU Commission documents have seemingly become unavoidable events in-between one official release and another from this EU institution. The latest leak, published by Politico, is that of an internal note to the attention of Commissioner Bieńkowska 's Head of Cabinet concerning the forthcoming (?) review of the enforcement framework, including the Enforcement Directive . As readers will remember, the Commission itself announced that this is part of the agenda when it unveiled its Digital Single Market Strategy (DSMS) two years ago (May 2015). Despite the timeframe indicated in the 2015 DSMS, a more thorough review of the enforcement framework is (or, rather, was?) expected in the first half of 2017, including the release of proposals to review existing EU legislation. So far nothing has happened on this front. The reason - as t...