Seizures last week include a large number of pirated Harry Potter books in India just one day after the world launch…In Uganda authorities have impounded a huge amount of dangerous fake electrical supplies and substandard building materials…Fake luxury goods have been seized in South Australia…Pirated films and counterfeit cigarettes have been seized during the same raid in the UK…Pirated music CDs have been seized in the US…Two separate seizures of counterfeit pharmaceuticals have taken place in Belgium and Morocco, yielding a massive 600,000 antibiotic pills and 50,000 boxes of Aspirin respectively.

Cases and Outcomes last week include a federal judge ordering Capitol Records to pay nearly $70,000 to cover attorney fees and litigation costs of a woman the company unsuccessfully sued for illegal downloading… The European Court of Justice and has upheld a decision by Spanish internet provider, Telefonica not to disclose its subscriber names after an anti-piracy group sought them in cases of alleged copyright violations… Zippo Manufacturing Co., a maker of lighters, has won an order to block U.S. imports of knockoffs from China.

Policy developments last week include an international treaty set up by Japan to work with the United States, the European Union and several other countries to stem production and sale of fake brand goods and illegal copies of movies and music.

Studies reported last week include India’s drug regulator proposing a sweeping survey to collect 50,000 drug samples from across the country to directly figure out the extent and spread of fake drugs.