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| EU Intellectual Property Rights: EU Commission Adopts Practical Measures to Combat Counterfeiting and Piracy |
All |
| The European Commission today adopted a Communication on enhancing the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market. The Communication sets out a series of practical initiatives to respond to the dramatic and damaging effect that cou |
Europe |
9/14/2009 |
CIB-9-0456 |
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| France Passes Tough Internet Piracy Bill |
Downloading |
| French legislators have approved one of the world's strongest online piracy laws, including fines, jail terms, and the loss of Net access for repeat violators |
France |
9/17/2009 |
CIB-9-0446 |
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| Anti-piracy campaign aims to win over Generation Y-pay of internet users |
Downloading |
| After decades of heavy-handed messages warning that watching pirated films and TV shows is a criminal offence, a new anti-piracy campaign aims to win over the "Generation Y-pay?" of internet users by reminding them that legal downloading supports their fa |
UK |
09/07/2009 |
CIB-9-0445 |
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| Japan to cut off music piracy |
Music |
| Every mobile phone in Japan may be installed with software to block illegally copied music if the world's first such system is approved by talks that start in Tokyo next week. |
Japan |
09/12/2009 |
CIB-9-0452 |
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| Fake drugs: Death penalty await offenders – NAFDAC |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Henceforth lifetime jail term or death penalty would be pronounced on manufacturers and distributors of fake and substandard drugs in Nigeria. |
Nigeria |
09/07/2009 |
CIB-9-0443 |
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| SC directs provinces to check fake drugs’ sale |
Pharmaceuticals |
| The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the health departments of the four provinces to control the sale of fake medicines and ensure accessibility of standard medicines to the people. |
Pakistan |
09/10/2009 |
CIB-9-0442 |
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