Seizures and discoveries include in Uganda, five tonnes of counterfeit pharmaceuticals being impounded in a huge operation run in collaboration with Interpol, the National Drug Authority and the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce... In Italy, police seized over 400,000 fake sunglasses and thousands of counterfeit frames worth up to €6 million... In the USA, a number of large counterfeit seizures took place including; over 24,000 pairs of branded socks and thousands of fake luxury goods and sportswear... In Mexico, 3.5 million counterfeit cigarettes were seized bearing fake Marlboro logos... Similarly, over a million fake cigarettes were seized at a port in the UK.

Cases and outcomes include in France, a court found eBay responsible for brand counterfeiting taking place on the auction site and ordered it to pay luxury group LVMH €80,000, however, this was much less than the €4 million in damages requested by the group... In the US, Federal prosecutors say two brothers have admitted to selling counterfeit Cisco computer hardware to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Policy developments include the European Commission adopting a communication on enhancing the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market... In France, legislators have approved one of the world’s strongest online piracy laws, including fines, jail terms and the loss of Net access for repeat offenders... In Japan, talks between the Recording Industry Association of Japan, mobile phone companies and music download sites aim to agree on new anti-piracy measures to block illegally copied music from being played on mobile phones.

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