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| NYPD Raids Purveyor of Fake Fragrances |
Cosmetics |
| WWD reports today that six individuals were arrested Tuesday in what may be the first New York City criminal counterfeiting case involving fragrances. |
USA |
10/18/2007 |
CIB-7-3485 |
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| Astar Is Killed By Philips |
Electronics |
| Astar Electronics, marketers of LCD TVs, DVD players, GPS devices and digital photo frames, and certain affiliated companies owned by China-based KXD Electronics, were forced into Chapter 7 bankruptcy in late September |
USA |
10/18/2007 |
CIB-7-3487 |
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| Fake bling costs trader £375 fine |
Luxury Goods |
| An east Belfast jeweller has been found guilty of selling counterfeit designer jewellery. |
UK |
10/16/2007 |
CIB-7-3472 |
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| 3 caught with fake designer goods |
Luxury Goods |
| Bogus designer merchandise has resulted in three men being charged with trademark counterfeiting in Warren County, and more people could be charged as the investigation continues |
USA |
10/15/2007 |
CIB-7-3466 |
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| Counterfeit jewelry brings punishment |
Luxury Goods |
| A Florida man has been fined and put on probation for selling counterfeit Harley-Davidson jewelry at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. |
USA |
10/18/2007 |
CIB-7-3482 |
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| Viacom Says The Google Suit Is Still On |
Movies & TV |
| NOW THAT GOOGLE HAS UNVEILED technology to prevent the illicit access of copyrighted video on YouTube, what impact will it have on the Viacom copyright infringement lawsuit |
USA |
10/17/2007 |
CIB-7-3484 |
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| RIAA aims lawyers at usenet newsgroup service |
Music |
| The Recording Industry Ass. of America has now attacked a company that provides access to internet newsgroups. |
USA |
10/17/2007 |
CIB-7-3478 |
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| RIAA Fights to Avoid Attorney Fees in Dismissed Piracy Lawsuit |
Music |
| The music-industry lobbying-and-litigation arm is protesting a federal magistrate's recommendation that it cough up hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees for an Oregon woman. |
USA |
10/18/2007 |
CIB-7-3495 |
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| Nike Sues Five Web Site Operators for Counterfeiting |
Shoes |
| On Oct. 17, Nike, Inc., filed suit in the Middle District of Florida against four Web site operators for allegedly selling counterfeit Nike-branded shoes. |
USA |
10/17/2007 |
CIB-7-3497 |
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| NY cops break up national counterfeit ring |
zDocumentation |
| Law enforcement officials have broken up two Queens counterfeit rings selling millions of dollars worth of fake driver's licenses, Social Security numbers and passports around the country. |
USA |
10/16/2007 |
CIB-7-3473 |
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