|
| Fake engineering products are costing ‘thousands’ of jobs |
Auto & Parts |
| In a dramatic ceremony in Germany recently, SKF and Schaeffler destroyed about 40 tonnes of counterfeit roller bearings, valued at around €8m. |
Germany |
5/16/2007 |
CIB-7-2665 |
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| Gardaí seize €1m in counterfeit goods |
Clothing |
| Gardaí have seized counterfeit goods with an estimated value of €1,000,000 following a planned search of a business premises in the Ballymount Industrial Estate |
Ireland |
5/14/2007 |
CIB-7-2651 |
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| NAFDAC raids supermarkets, seizes N2m goods |
Food & Beverage |
| THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday raided supermarkets and food joints in Kogi State, seizing goods worth N2 million. |
Nigeria |
5/16/2007 |
CIB-7-2667 |
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| Man convicted for Internet piracy |
Movies |
| The first person in the world to be convicted of distributing movies over the popular online BitTorrent network on Friday lost an appeal against a jail sentence in Hong Kong. |
Hong Kong |
5/18/2007 |
CIB-7-2673 |
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| Taiwan Gangs Tip Police to Rival Pirate DVD Rings |
Movies |
| Taiwan underworld gangs have forgotten their code of silence, tipping off police about their rivals' pirated video disc operations. |
Taiwan |
5/18/2007 |
CIB-7-2674 |
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| Pirated CDs, DVDs seized, three held |
Movies & Music |
| The city police effected a huge seizure of pirated CDs and DVDs here today and also unearthed an illegal offset printing unit engaged in making movie labels and wrappers, totally valued at Rs 1.8 crore. |
India |
5/17/2007 |
CIB-7-2670 |
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| Phoenix police: $9.5M in pirated movies, music seized |
Movies & Music |
| Phoenix police say they have seized some 500,000 bootleg DVD's during raids today that culminated a six-week investigation. |
USA |
5/15/2007 |
CIB-7-2654 |
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| Pirated CDs worth Rs 1 cr seized in Nagpur |
Music |
| Crime Branch sleuths raided a multimedia shop in posh Dhantoli area and seized pirated software CDs and other material worth Rs one crore, police said on Wednesday |
India |
5/16/2007 |
CIB-7-2661 |
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| Downloaders face the music as record industry sues |
Music |
| In the past four years, the industry's leading companies have sued dozens of Western Washington residents for downloading copyright-protected songs. |
USA |
5/14/2007 |
CIB-7-2643 |
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| Warner Music sues Networking Site Imeem for Copyright Infringement |
Music |
| Warner Music Group has dragged Imeem to court, accusing the social networking site of letting users share content from the label without permission. |
USA |
5/17/2007 |
CIB-7-2671 |
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| Lab testing confirms counterfeit drug in Malta |
Pharmaceuticals |
| One of eight samples of pharmaceuticals sent by police for investigations in foreign laboratories was confirmed to be counterfeited, maltastar.com reported. |
Malta |
5/20/2007 |
CIB-7-2678 |
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| Pirated software seized |
Software |
| In the single biggest crackdown on pirated software this year, a joint team of crime branch and a private anti-piracy squad seized illegal software CDs and other material |
India |
5/16/2007 |
CIB-7-2659 |
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| Indian dealers are squealers over Microsoft piracy raids |
Software |
| Computer dealers in Gujarat, India held a one-day strike to protest ongoing anti-piracy raids from Microsoft. |
India |
5/18/2007 |
CIB-7-2680 |
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| Symantec Sues Eight Companies, Claims Software Copied |
Software |
| Symantec Corp., the largest maker of anti-virus software, said it sued eight businesses it claims are selling counterfeit versions of the company's products |
USA |
5/16/2007 |
CIB-7-2663 |
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| Drug bust uncovers fake ID operation |
zDocumentation |
| Illegal immigrants were counterfeiting Social Security cards, according to federal charges |
USA |
5/14/2007 |
CIB-7-2642 |
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