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| UK authorities' inability to seize counterfeits results in EU court referral |
All |
| The Court of Appeal has asked Europe's highest court to rule on whether UK authorities can seize counterfeit goods passing through the UK and allow brand owners to take legal action against the companies behind the fakes |
Europe |
1/27/2010 |
CIB-10-0052 |
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| ACS Law UK Accused of Sending Wrongful ISP Piracy Threat Letters |
Downloading |
| Consumer magazine Which? has once again accused ACS:Law solicitors of wrongfully issuing 150 customers of UK broadband ISPs with copyright infringement letters for "suspected" illegal downloading activity. |
UK |
1/27/2010 |
CIB-10-0053 |
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| Music Piracy Case will Go to Round 3 |
Downloading |
| The long music piracy fight between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Minnesota native Jammie Thomas-Rasset shows no sign of ending anytime soon. |
USA |
1/31/2010 |
CIB-10-0061 |
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| UK R4 importer sentenced to one year in prison |
Electronics |
| ELSPA has announced that it has begun to seriously crack down on R4 importers and resellers in the UK, having just helped sentence one UK-based importer to a year in prison. |
UK |
1/19/2010 |
CIB-10-0038 |
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| Couple to pay back £550,000 after eBay scam |
Luxury Goods |
| A COUPLE convicted of selling counterfeit goods on the internet have been ordered to pay back more than half a million pounds. |
UK |
1/19/2010 |
CIB-10-0035 |
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