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| Broadband providers mount legal battle against piracy laws |
Downloading |
| Two of the UK’s biggest providers, BT broadband (www.BT.com) and TalkTalk broadband(www.Talktalk.co.uk) have joined forces in a fight against the government’s Digital Economy Act. |
UK |
07/08/2010 |
CIB-10-0305 |
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| Apple sues resellers over power adapters |
Electronics |
| Apple has filed a lawsuit against three companies it alleges are selling knockoff power adapters for MacBooks and MacBook Pros |
USA |
CIB-10-0307 |
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| Makers of counterfeit Ugg Boots imprisoned for contempt of court |
Miscellaneous |
| Intellectual property disputes usually involve sums of money, but occasionally they can lead to imprisonment, as the recent case of Deckers Outdoor Corporation Inc v Farley (No.8) [2010] FCA 657, involving the makers of counterfeit Ugg Boots, shows. |
Australia |
07/09/2010 |
CIB-10-0306 |
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| Owner of fake soft drink factory held |
Miscellaneous |
| The northeast district police arrested the owner — Ramesh Tomar — of a fake soft drink factory on Tuesday morning. |
India |
7/14/2010 |
CIB-10-0318 |
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| Couple Accused in $1.25Bln Film Piracy Case |
Movies |
| Police have opened a criminal investigation into a Russian couple accused of breaching the law on intellectual property rights to the tune of $1.25 billion |
Russia |
7/13/2010 |
CIB-10-0314 |
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| Norfolk man jailed over pirate DVDs |
Movies |
| A business studies graduate set up his own “illegal cottage industry” from his Norfolk home making thousands of pirate DVDs of hit TV series which he then sold on eBay making him about £30,000 in profits, a court heard. |
UK |
07/02/2010 |
CIB-10-0296 |
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| Police bust fake medicine ring in central China |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Police have arrested six suspects for producing and selling 20 kinds of fake medicine worth 1 million yuan (S$204,300) during three years of illegal operation in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province. |
China |
7/13/2010 |
CIB-10-0317 |
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| NAFDAC May Sanction Qatar, Emirate, Lufthansa Airlines Over Fake Drugs |
Pharmaceuticals |
| National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it may sanction Qatar, Emirate and Lufthansa airlines for transporting fake medicines from China to Nigeria. |
Nigeria |
07/11/2010 |
CIB-10-0313 |
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| Philip Morris USA Sues Retailer for Counterfeit Cigarettes |
Tobacco |
| Philip Morris USA (PM USA) filed a lawsuit last week in a U. S. District Court against Mastic, N.Y.-based G Talks Smoke Shop, alleging the company sold counterfeit versions of the company’s Marlboro brand cigarettes. |
USA |
07/12/2010 |
CIB-10-0316 |
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