Seizures and discoveries include in Hong Kong, a two week operation yielding $7 million worth of counterfeit goods and 59 arrests... In Italy, police raided a complex of warehouses in Rome finding a massive 500,000 tonnes of Chinese goods including a large amount of fake designer products... A number of seizures have taken place around South East Asia, including fake sportswear in Singapore, counterfeit cosmetics in Philippines and fake pharmaceuticals in Taiwan... In Ireland, 4 million counterfeit cigarettes have been seized in the port of Cork.

Cases and outcomes include in Australia, the film industry lost their case against ISP iiNet, the judge found that the ISP was not liable for its users infringing copyright, and it only provided a legitimate communication facility... A similar case has just opened in Rome; FAPAV the audiovisual antipiracy federation is suing Telecom Italia for damages in failing to prevent its customers from illegally downloading... A Saudi and a Chinese national have been found guilty of selling counterfeit Cisco computer parts in two separate cases; the Chinese man was sentenced to 30 months in prison... Luxury goods manufacturer LVMH has won another court case against eBay for selling counterfeit Louis Vuitton products, and awarded €80,000 in damages... In Australia, a man has agreed to pay Nintendo $1.3 million for illegally uploading a game to the internet six days before its global release.

Policy developments include the US Department of Justice forming an intellectual property task force to combat copyright piracy... Similarly, Kenya has set up an anti-counterfeit agency to fight the trade in substandard and counterfeit goods.

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