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| U.S. charges 29 people in counterfeit imports ring |
All |
| U.S. authorities said on Tuesday they had charged 29 people in a scheme to smuggle counterfeit goods including designer handbags and jeans into the United States, mostly from China, worth $700 million |
USA |
6/27/2007 |
CIB-7-2922 |
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| INTERNET CONMAN'S £365,000 PHONE BILL |
Electronics |
| A CONMAN who ran a worldwide mobile phone scam has had his £365,000 fortune frozen by official asset-strippers. |
UK |
07/01/2007 |
CIB-7-2944 |
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| EU takes France, Germany, 3 others to court on intellectual property rights |
IP |
| The European Commission said it is taking France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden to the European Court of Justice, Europe's highest court, over failure to implement a European directive on intellectual property rights in the internal market. |
Europe |
6/27/2007 |
CIB-7-2932 |
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| Police aid piracy watchdog over filesharing claims at Honeywell |
Music |
| The UK record industry has widened its anti-piracy net to the corporate world with an investigation into allegations of an illegal music filesharing network at a British office of the US industrial and aerospace company Honeywell. |
UK |
6/30/2007 |
CIB-7-2950 |
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| Third Chinese drug official charged in corruption scandal |
Pharmaceuticals |
| China's resolve to clean up corruption in its pharma industry has intensified as the former assistant to the already-condemned-to-death former drug chief has now been charged |
China |
6/25/2007 |
CIB-7-2914 |
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| P500-million drug case stalled |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Police have urged the Bureau of Food and Drugs to enforce a warrant of seizure over P500 million worth of unregistered medicine from China found during a raid in Tondo, Manila last Friday. |
Philippines |
6/25/2007 |
CIB-7-2920 |
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| Software pirate ordered to pay NT$740 million |
Software |
| The Taoyuan District Court yesterday ordered an online dealer of pirated software to pay damages totaling NT$740 million (US$22.52 million) to 10 software companies. |
Taiwan |
6/30/2007 |
CIB-7-2949 |
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| Leader of net piracy gang jailed |
Software |
| A Briton has been jailed for 51 months after pleading guilty to software piracy charges in the US. |
UK |
6/25/2007 |
CIB-7-2916 |
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| Pair convicted in $6m piracy bust |
Software |
| Two men have pleaded guilty to selling more than $6m worth of pirated software on eBay. |
USA |
6/26/2007 |
CIB-7-2926 |
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| Supreme Court denies appeal in Lorillard counterfeiting case |
Tobacco |
| The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal by Lorillard Tobacco Co. in a trademark infringement case that some business groups considered critical to the fight against counterfeit goods |
USA |
6/25/2007 |
CIB-7-2915 |
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