Seizures last week include counterfeit luxury goods and other products in China worth more than $2.5 million… A large amount of fake clothing was found in Spain… Seizures of pirated movies and music took place across a wide range of countries last week including Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Indonesia, Iran, UK, and the US… A consignment of more than 4 million counterfeit cigarettes was also seized in the UK.

Cases and Outcomes last week include a recent judgement in Shanghai ordering two Chinese shoemakers and a French supermarket group to pay Nike compensation after producing and selling fake versions of their shoes… In Panama authorities have filed charges against the administrator of a Spanish company that allegedly sold diethylene glycol, a deadly chemical, which was used in medicine that killed at least 94 people last year… A Lithuanian court has ordered Baltic Optical Disc, the largest CD replicating plant in the Baltic States to pay a coalition of record companies €500,000 after it ruled it was guilty of music piracy.

Policy developments last week include a meeting of North American leaders called The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America; one new strategy discussed was the Intellectual Property Action Strategy, which outlines new plans to combat counterfeit and pirated goods.

Studies and Reports out last week include one by the Institute for Policy and Innovation; The True Cost of Sound Recording Piracy to the U.S Economy estimates that $12.5 billion is lost annually.