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| Kenya lagging behind in fight against counterfeits |
All |
| With the passage of the Finance Bill by the National Assembly of Kenya this week, considered the last business on the agenda of the Ninth Parliament, is now unlikely that the Counterfeit Bill will see the light of day soon. |
Kenya |
10/22/2007 |
CIB-7-3506 |
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| Planned changes ‘in conflict with fake goods laws’ |
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| Proposed changes to the intellectual property regulatory regime will be in conflict with the existing law relating to the seizure of counterfeit goods, Parliament’s finance committee was told on Friday. |
South Africa |
10/22/2007 |
CIB-7-3489 |
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| Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement |
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| On October 23, 2007, Canada, the European Union (with its 27 Member States), Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Swtizerland and the United States announced that they reached agreement on a framework for a new Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) |
WW |
10/23/2007 |
CIB-7-3522 |
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| EU Suggests Anti-counterfeiting Pact With US, Japan, Korea |
All |
| The European Union executive suggested Tuesday that Europe should strike an anti-piracy pact with the U.S., Japan and South Korea that would help them all do more to stamp out counterfeit goods. |
WW |
10/25/2007 |
CIB-7-3514 |
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| Anti file-sharing laws considered |
Downloading |
| The UK government could legislate to crack down on illegal file-sharers, a senior politician has told the BBC's iPM programme. |
UK |
10/24/2007 |
CIB-7-3528 |
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