The European Commission has announced a consultation on the Commission report on the enforcement of intellectual property rights. The consultation aims to gain the views of other European institutions, the Member States and private stakeholders on the application of the Directive. The findings of the report look at the success and impact of the Directive since its introduction in 2004. This is an opportunity for the European law to be brought up to date and improvements made particularly surrounding difficulties in harmonisation between Member States on adopting IP enforcement measures. The potential consequences of changes to UK and EU IP enforcement law could have on FE and HE institutions is still unclear. The consultation will end on the 31st of March 2011. For more information to have your say, see here: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2011/intellectual_property_rights_en.htm