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| Music and film industries split over pirates |
Downloading |
| The music industry has backflipped on its long-held demands that repeat music pirates be disconnected from the internet as a new UN report declares such a policy would be a breach of human rights and international law. |
Australia |
6/6/2011 |
CIB-11-0214 |
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| Food makers found using fake certificates will be penalized: premier |
Foodstuffs |
| Premier Wu Den-yih said Tuesday the government will penalize any food and beverage manufacturers caught falsifying certificates on the plasticizer content of their products. |
Taiwan |
31/5/2011 |
CIB-11-0209 |
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| Rwanda: International Jurists Discuss IPR |
IP |
| Judges and lawyers from the East African Community, USA and other African countries, are meeting in Kigali to discuss the role of the judiciary in the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) within the region. |
Rwanda |
7/6/2011 |
CIB-11-0216 |
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| World Anti Counterfeiting Day… Staggering Costs Fueled by the Web |
Miscellaneous |
| Established in 1998 by the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG), "World Anti Counterfeiting Day" is held annually in June to raise awareness of the international impacts of counterfeiting and piracy. |
International |
8/6/2011 |
CIB-11-0222 |
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| Unilever, NAFDAC team up to fight counterfeit |
Miscellaneous |
| As part of its commitment to ensure the protection of both consumers and genuine manufacturers, Unilever has pledged to support National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in the fight against counterfeit products in the Nigerian ma |
Nigeria |
31/5/2011 |
CIB-11-0206 |
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| Thailand tackles role as regional hub for counterfeit goods |
Miscellaneous |
| Thailand, once a major manufacturer of counterfeits, has in recent years become more of an importer nation and regional hub for fakes. |
Thailand |
7/6/2011 |
CIB-11-0215 |
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| Interview With the U.S. Copyright Czar |
Miscellaneous |
| As the first United States intellectual property enforcement coordinator, Victoria A. Espinel reports to President Obama and Congress on copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property issues, and works with an array of federal agencies — the Justic |
USA |
8/6/2011 |
CIB-11-0218 |
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| Apple Patents Way to Prevent Concert Piracy |
Technology |
| A new Apple patent intended for mobile devices could help the music and film industries stop people from illegally recording a concert or a movie playing in a theater. |
USA |
3/6/2011 |
CIB-11-0212 |
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