Seizures and discoveries last week include one in the US, which led to the impounding of $700,000 worth of fake Nike trainers… Similarly in the UK over £20,000 worth of fake Nike trainers were seized… In the US, 14 containers filled with counterfeit toys were seized by Customs Border Protection officers… In the Philippines, a huge shipment of fake cigarettes was impounded at a container port… A raid in Mexico yielded over 90,000 pirated games… In Canada 25,000 counterfeit pharmaceuticals were seized in what is thought to be the biggest of its kind in the country.

Cases and outcomes last week include a man in the UK having £135,000 worth of assets seized after pleading guilty to DVD piracy… Similarly in the UK, a man has had £185,000 worth of assets seized after running a counterfeit cigarette smuggling ring.

Policy developments last week include the governments of both Kenya and Zambia pushing for stricter IP enforcement against counterfeit products.

Studies and reports out last week include one by Pfizer that found one in ten men over 35 had bought prescription medicines without authorisation, and warned that over 90 percent of the pharmaceuticals sold online were thought to be fake.