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| Zadig & Voltaire Tee'd Off at Gap |
Clothing |
| French label Zadig & Voltaire has sued Gap, Inc., for allegedly copying Z&V's "Tunisien" T-shirt -- and selling it in Z&V's home market, where imitation is actionable. |
France |
9/20/2007 |
CIB-7-3352 |
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| Nintendo asks Korea to probe websites |
Computer games |
| Nintendo on Monday in a rare move demanded South Korean prosecutors investigate domestic websites that have uploaded illegal copies of the company’s games. |
South Korea |
9/17/2007 |
CIB-7-3336 |
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| Brothers on the cutting edge of knock-offs |
Cosmetics |
| Two Chinese brothers have been charged with making 160,000 fake "Gillette" razor blades, the latest in a series of product and piracy scandals to hit the country. |
China |
9/19/2007 |
CIB-7-3347 |
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| Twice convicted pirate goes to jail |
Movies |
| At Parramatta Magistrates Court in New South Wales, a man previously convicted of counterfeit crimes in 2005, pleaded guilty to six Trademark offences and two Copyright offences and was sentenced to jail for six months |
Australia |
9/17/2007 |
CIB-7-3319 |
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| Firm suing over fake diabetes test strips |
Pharmaceuticals |
| The material was inexpensive, found on the Internet and shipped from a supplier in China. |
Canada |
9/17/2007 |
CIB-7-3322 |
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| NAFDAC arrests six fake drug hawkers |
Pharmaceuticals |
| National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested six suspects for hawking fake and sub-standard drugs in market places in Kebbi. |
Nigeria |
9/18/2007 |
CIB-7-3327 |
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| Made for 25p, sold for £15. The fake Viagra that netted pill gang millions |
Pharmaceuticals |
| A man described as the UK linchpin of a global conspiracy to sell fake medicines over the internet was yesterday sentenced to four and a half years in prison following what police described as the biggest counterfeit drugs bust in British history |
UK |
9/18/2007 |
CIB-7-3325 |
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| Akron man charged in online fake-Viagra ring |
Pharmaceuticals |
| An Akron man made thousands of dollars distributing fake Viagra, Cialis and Levitra for an illicit online pharmacy, federal prosecutors say. |
USA |
9/19/2007 |
CIB-7-3348 |
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| For hezbollah: cheap smokes, fake viagra |
Pharmaceuticals & Tobacco |
| They are accused of trying to fund terror through the sale of cheap cigarettes and fake Viagra pills. |
USA |
9/21/2007 |
CIB-7-3356 |
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| California Game Pirate Sentenced to Jail |
Software |
| Judge Walsh, in addition to the jail sentence, imposed a $100,000 fine and a restitution payment to ESA of more than $10,000. |
USA |
9/19/2007 |
CIB-7-3353 |
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| BSA settles largest piracy case to date |
Software |
| Software piracy watchdog the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has agreed a €2.5m global settlement with an international media firm over unlicensed software. |
WW |
9/18/2007 |
CIB-7-3338 |
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