Intellectual propertty rights need better protection

The EU and USA have been criticizing Poland for not providing enough protection for intellectual property rights over recent years. The Ministry of Culture has finally prepared a strategy that will help in the fight against the infringement of intellectual rights, and might among other things, replace Damis, which manages Warsaw's Stadium X-lecia, if it does not co-operate. The new regulation should be accepted by the Cabinet within a few weeks or even by the end of July. "An important element of the strategy will also be the tightening of inspections on the Eastern border. About 90% of illegal goods come from there," said a representative of the Audiovisual Production Protection Fund (FOTA). Apparently, inspections at Warsaw' Stadium X-lecia have already been improved, and police and Damis now control traders much more strictly. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 3) M.M.