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| Michelin launches legal proceedings against sale of counterfeit tyres |
Auto & Parts |
| Michelin said it has launched 'new legal proceedings' against distributors in Europe and North America to protest the sale of tyres under the brand name Double Coin |
WW |
05/10/2007 |
CIB-7-2620 |
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| Customs seize counterfeit goods made in China, Dubai |
Clothing |
| A large quantity of fake designer goods have been seized this week at border crossings with Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia, Macedonian Customs Office said. |
Macedonia |
05/10/2007 |
CIB-7-2619 |
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| Musica in dock over fake goods |
Electronics |
| National retail chain Musica, part of the New Clicks Group, is being prosecuted for charges under the Counterfeit Goods Act in the Pretoria Commercial Crime Court. |
South Africa |
05/10/2007 |
CIB-7-2610 |
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| Square D Obtains Injunction Against Sellers of Counterfeit Circuit Breakers |
Electronics |
| The manufacturer of electrical distribution products has obtained a stipulated permanent injunction against two Tacoma sellers of 85,000 counterfeit circuit breakers |
USA |
05/07/2007 |
CIB-7-2591 |
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| Lawsuit Says Arkansas Company Selling Counterfeit Budweiser In China |
Food & Beverage |
| The maker of Budweiser beer says an Arkansas-registered company is illegally marketing beer in China, using the American brewer's trademarks. |
China |
05/10/2007 |
CIB-7-2628 |
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| Counterfeit purses stolen from police storage |
Luxury Goods |
| A cache of knock-off designer purses and other assorted jewelry, confiscated by state police almost a year ago, are once again in the hands of thieves. |
USA |
05/10/2007 |
CIB-7-2623 |
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| Man appeals Internet piracy verdict |
Movies |
| The first person worldwide to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network appeared in Hong Kong's highest court on Wednesday to appeal his jail sentence. |
China |
05/09/2007 |
CIB-7-2599 |
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| Counterfeit DVD operation raided in Louth |
Movies |
| Thousands of counterfeit DVDs and CDs were seized in a raid on a counterfeit copying plant in Co Louth last night. |
Ireland |
05/12/2007 |
CIB-7-2636 |
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| Five held after DVD piracy bust |
Movies |
| Five men, believed to be Pakistani nationals, were arrested after they were caught producing DVDs of pirated films and PlayStation games during a raid at Montana, Pretoria, last Thursday. |
South Africa |
05/07/2007 |
CIB-7-2585 |
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| Police Seize £2 Million Worth Of Pirate DVDs |
Movies |
| Police have seized 800,000 pirated DVDs with a street value of £2 million in the largest ever bust of its kind in the UK. |
UK |
05/09/2007 |
CIB-7-2598 |
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| No hiding place for fake DVD sellers |
Movies |
| THOUSANDS of pirate DVDs and CDs have been seized as part of a crackdown on rogue traders operating close to a popular car boot sale. |
UK |
05/11/2007 |
CIB-7-2631 |
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| NBC Universal sides with Viacom in piracy lawsuit |
Movies |
| NBC Universal is taking sides with fellow media conglomerate Viacom Inc over a piracy lawsuit filed against Google Inc’s online video sharing site YouTube |
USA |
05/08/2007 |
CIB-7-2594 |
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| Police execute counterfeit raid in NSW |
Movies & Music |
| More than 5000 optical disks were seized after a police raid on a piracy ring operating in Ballina on the NSW North Coast. |
Australia |
05/10/2007 |
CIB-7-2607 |
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| Madurai:2,700 pirated CDs seized |
Movies & Music |
| In a crack down on video piracy, city police seized more than 2,700 pirated CDs of old and new films and pornograhic CDs at three places in the city and arrested seven persons in this connection today |
India |
05/07/2007 |
CIB-7-2587 |
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| Police seize counterfeit CDs, movies |
Movies & Music |
| Police seized more than 11,000 counterfeit music CDs and movie DVDs from a South Miami-Dade flea market this week. |
USA |
05/07/2007 |
CIB-7-2588 |
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| Police Seize Thousands Of Fake CDs, DVDs |
Movies & Music |
| State police confiscated more than 15,000 bootleg CDs and DVDs and arrested two men in a counterfeiting bust in Providence on May 5. |
USA |
05/09/2007 |
CIB-7-2606 |
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| 17,000 fake CDs seized in Ohrid |
Music |
| 17,000 fake CDs have been seized. The police are expected to raise charges against the shop holders where the CDs were found. |
Macedonia |
05/11/2007 |
CIB-7-2632 |
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| Raids smash piracy ring in Mexico |
Music |
| Mexican law enforcement authorities have teamed up with anti-piracy experts to execute several search warrants on a freight forwarding company |
Mexico |
05/09/2007 |
CIB-7-2603 |
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| From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine |
Panama |
| The kidneys fail first. Then the central nervous system begins to misfire. Paralysis spreads, making breathing difficult, then often impossible without assistance. In the end, most victims die. |
Panama |
05/07/2007 |
CIB-7-2600 |
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| China says fatal drug outside regulator control |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Chinese companies accused of making and selling a fake drug ingredient that killed dozens of people in Panama did not fall under the nation’s medicine inspectors |
China |
05/08/2007 |
CIB-7-2596 |
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| Raids in Europe Crack Ring Selling Counterfeit Acomplia on Internet |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Simultaneous police raids conducted on April 24, 25 and 26 involving five European countries resulted "in the dismantling of a network of internet sales of counterfeit pills of the drug Rimonabant (Acomplia),” |
Europe |
05/11/2007 |
CIB-7-2625 |
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| Court demands report on sale of spurious drugs |
Pharmaceuticals |
| Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Goel has directed the police department to submit a detailed report on the ‘goings on’ at Bhagirat Palace, the largest pharmaceutical market in Delhi |
India |
05/10/2007 |
CIB-7-2622 |
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| Task force destroys N8 million counterfeit drugs |
Pharmaceuticals |
| FAKE and counterfeit drugs, foods and beverages worth about N8 million were on Friday destroyed in Umuahia by the Abia state task force on fake/counterfeit drugs and unwholesome processed foods. |
Nigeria |
5/13/2007 |
CIB-7-2639 |
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| Fake malaria drugs on market |
Pharmaceuticals |
| COUNTERFEIT quinine drugs, used to treat malaria, have hit the market, the National Drug Authority disclosed. |
Uganda |
05/10/2007 |
CIB-7-2624 |
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| Case of a village school head and Microsoft piracy |
Software |
| A court Monday found the principal of a village school guilty of using bootleg Microsoft Corp. software. |
Russia |
05/07/2007 |
CIB-7-2586 |
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| Smugglers' 7million cigs scam |
Tobacco |
| A Taplow man has been jailed for his part in a £1m cigarette import scam. |
UK |
05/10/2007 |
CIB-7-2618 |
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