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| iPhone, and now iClone as Dh500 knockoffs hit shops |
Electronics |
| Excitement about the Apple iPhone and similar high-end mobile phones has created a secondary market for less expensive Chinese knockoffs in the UAE. |
UAE |
01/02/2008 |
CIB-7-3866 |
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| Arab State To Host Its First Intellectual Property Forum |
IP |
| Workshops will focus on piracy and counterfeiting, as well as efforts to prevent theft, at the forum sponsored by the United Arab Emirates and WIPO. |
UAE |
01/02/2008 |
CIB-7-3868 |
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| Copy market: A blotch on all that glitters |
Luxury Goods |
| The world-famous Dubai Gold Souq is reeling under the onslaught of fake goods, jewellery traders say. |
UAE |
01/03/2008 |
CIB-7-3853 |
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| Nazeri complains about bootlegs |
Music |
| Iran’s outstanding singer Shahram Nazeri is very unhappy about the fact that bootleg CDs of some of his performances have been made and are being distributed without his permission. |
Iran |
01/03/2008 |
CIB-7-3855 |
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| RIAA shreds Washington Post story in debate |
Music |
| An executive with the music industry's lobbying group engaged in a verbal sparring match on Thursday with the Washington Post columnist |
USA |
01/03/2008 |
CIB-7-3860 |
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| Dar drug barons now enter fake goods market |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Authorities in Tanzania now believe that powerful drug barons in the country have moved actively into the lucrative business of importing counterfeit goods. |
Tanzania |
12/31/2007 |
CIB-7-3847 |
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