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IP Dragon quoted in the media
- South China Morning Post
- InsideCounsel, Feb 1, 2012
- US ITC: China: Effects of Intellectual Property Infringement and Indigenous Innovation Policies on the U.S. Economy, May 2011
- Advertising Age, Oct 21, 2010
- Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2009
- Wall Street Journal, Oct 7, 2008
- Wall Street Journal, Sept 11, 2008
- Reuters June 5, 2008
- France24, July 7, 2009
- Popular Science, July 8, 2007
- Asia Sentinel, May 28, 2007
- Wanfang Data, affiliate of China's Ministry of Science & Technology), Sept 11, 2008
- World Trademark Review, December 6, 2010
- World Trademark Review, April/May 2010
- World Trademark Review, June 9, 2009
- World Trademark Review, March 13, 2009
- World Trademark Review, January 29, 2009
- World Trademark Review, January 15, 2009
- EUROCHAMBRES Understanding China, July 7, 2010
- Global Resources, November 19, 2010
IP Dragon cited in scholarly papers
- Andrea Wechsler, China’s WTO Accession Revisited: Achievements and Challenges in Chinese Intellectual Property Law Reform (March 3, 2011). European Yearbook of Int'l Econ. L., Max Planck Institute for IP & Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-03, 2011
- Jesse London, China's Approaches to Intellectual Property Infringement on the Internet, 38 Rugers Law Record 2010-2011
- Anders Dalsgaard, Protection of IP in PRC: Is it really as bad as it looks? Aarhus University Denmark, May 2011
- Demian Stauber, Zhongqi Zhou, 10 U.C. Davis Bus. L.J. 207 (2010)
- Geertje Hesselink, Intellectual Property rights in fashion in China and the knowledge of young Chinese designer on this topic,Master Thesis Cultural Economics & Cultural Entrepreneurship, 2010
- Sarah A. Baird, Contentious Issues: Copyright Reform in the Age of Digital Technologies, December 2009
- Marcus Meyer, Marken- und Productpiraterie in der VR China: Eine umfassende Darstellung des zur Verfugung stehenden Rechtsschutzes, Igel Verlag, 2008, p 80
- Donald Harris, The Honeymoon is Over: Evaluating the United States' WTO Intellectual Property Complaint Against China, Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 32, 2009; Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-76
- J.M. Duncan, M.A. Sherwood, Yuanlin Shen, 7 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 529 (2008)
- Dina Bronshtein, Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals in China: Could Changes Bring Stronger Protection For IPR and Human Health? 17 Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal 439, 2008
- Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi, Chinese Copyright Law, Peer Production And The Participatory Media Age: An Old Regime In A New World, Sydney U. Press, 2008
- M.J. Simburg, 42 Int'l Law. 467 (2008)
- P. Dervan, Journal of High Technology Law, Suffolk U. Law School, 2008
- Terence Stewart, Elizabeth Argenti, Philip Butler, The Crisis in IP Protection And China's Role in that Crisis, USCC Research Paper, May 2007
- Paul Jones, China - Judicial and Legislative Update 2005-2006, 4 International Journal for Franchising Law 11, 2006
Speaking Engagements
- China's influence on non-trade concerns on international economic law, Maastricht University, 19 and 20 January 2012
- 3rd Global Forum on Intellectual Property, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore 6 and 7 January 2011
- 7th Annual Asia-Pacific IP Forum 2010, Speaker on Social Networks and Trademarks, Sheraton Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong, September 1, 2010
- Lunch presentation at Baker & McKenzie's Hong Kong office with video link to Baker's Shanghai and Beijing office, 'Is China's Unique Patent Law Paving the Way for Innovation?', 5 August 2010
- 2nd Annual IPR seminar Speaker and panelist at 'Managing IPR as a Business Asset in China', China IPR SME Helpdesk, European Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, 25 June 2010
- Key Note Speaker Intellectual Property in China and the Netherlands, Rotterdam, 28 May 2008
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IPR in China Laws and Regulations
- Copyright Law Implementation PR of China 2002
- Copyright Law, Amended PR of China 2001
- Copyright Law Implementation PR of China 1991
- Provisions on the Implementation of International Copyright Conventions 1992
- Copyright Law PR of China 1990
- Copyright Collective Management Regulations PR of China 2004
- Copyright Administrative Punishment Implementation Rules 2009
- Trademark Law Implemention PR of China 2002
- Regulations on the Protection of the Right of Communication through Information Network PR of China 2006
- Measures for the Administrative Protection of Internet Copyright 2005
- Trademark Law PR of China 2001
- Trademark Law PR of China 1993
- Collective/Certification Marks 2003
- Collective/Certification Marks 1994
- Trademark Provisions on Claims for Priority 1985
- Well-known-trademarks Recognition/Protection 2003
- Implementation Madrid Agreement 2003
- TRAB Rules 2002
- Tort Liability Law 2009
- Product Quality Law 2000
- Punishment of the Crime of Fake or Substandard Commodities PR of China 1993 invalid
- Measures for the Administration of GI of Agricultural Products 2008
- Geographical Indication Products Protection PR of China 2005
- Administrative Measures Safety of Places of Origin of Agricultural Products 2006
- Implementing Regulations on Patent Law 2010
- Regulation on National Defense Patent 2004
- Standard for Application Patent Number 2003
- Opinion of the MOFTEC/SIPO on Strengthening Administration of Patents in Foreign Trade 2003
- Measures for Administrative Enforcement of Patent 2001
- Patent Law Implementation PR of China 2001
- Decision of the Standing Committee of NPC on Amendmend of Patent Law 2008
- Transitional Measures on Implementation of Amended Patent Law 2009
- Patent Law PR of China 2008
- Guidelines for Examination 2006
- Patent Law PR of China 2000
- Patent Law PR of China 1992
- Patent Law Implementing Regulations 1992
- Patent Law PR of China 1984
- Protection Measures for Intellectual Property Rights during Exhibitions PR of China 2006
- Science and Technology Progress Law PR of China 1993
- Anti-unfair Competition Law 1993
- Regulations of PR of China on Awards for Inventions 1978
- Regulations on the Protection of Types of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1993)
- Civil Law General Principles PR of China
- Civil Procedure Law PR of China
- Administrative Procedure Law 1989
- Software Protection Regulations PR of China 2002
- Administrative Procedure Law PR of China
- Customs Penalty Regulations PR of China 2004
- Customs Implementation Regulations PR of China 2004
- Customs Regulations PR of China 2003
- Customs Regulations PR of China 1995
- Customs Law PR of China 2001
- Criminal Law PR of China
- Criminal Procedure Law PR of China
- Unfair Competition Law PR of China 1993
- Anti Monopoly Law PR of China 2007
- Layout Design IC Regulations PR of China 2001
- Layout Design IC Implementation PR of China 2001
- Olympic Logo Regulations PR of China 2002
- Regulation on Radio and Television PR of China 1997
- Property Rights Law PR of China
- Constitution PR of China
- Legislation Law PR of China
- National IP Strategy PR of China 2008
- Action Plan PR of China 2008
- Action Plan PR of China 2007
- Action Plan PR of China 2006
- Action Plan PR of China 1995
- Foreign Trade Law PR of China 2004
- Foreign Trade Law PR of China 1994
- Regulations on the Protection of Types of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1993)
- Law on Guarding State Secrets 1988
Patent Law and Regulations in China
Judicial Interpretations by Supreme People’s Court and/or Supreme People’s Procuratorate
- Patent Civil Dispute Interpretation
- Trademark Civil Dispute Interpretation
- Copyright Civil Dispute Interpretation 2002
- Application of law to trial of cases over copyright disputes on networks 2004
- Adjudication/application of law to cases of copyright disputes on networks 2000
- Regulations on Protection of the Right to Network Dissemination of Information 2006
- Patent Law Pre-trial Cessation
- Trademarks Pre-trial Suspension Evidence Preservation
- Criminal Thresholds 2007 (Draft)
- Criminal Thresholds 2004
IPR Relevant Treaties in force in China
- WIPO Copyright Treaty (2007)
- WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (2007)
- WIPO Singapore Treaty (signature 2007)
- UNESCO Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expression (2007)
- WTO TRIPs (2001)
- Working Party Report on the Accession of China (2001)
- WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (2001)
- WTO Acession Protocol (2001)
- WIPO UPOV Convention (1999)
- UN Vienna Treaty Convention (1997)
- WIPO Strasbourg Agreement IPC June (1997)
- WIPO Locarno Agreement (1996)
- Sino-US IPR MOU Action Plan for Effective Protection/Enforcement 1995
- WIPO Madrid Protocol (1995)
- WIPO Budapest Treaty (1995)
- Agreement Establishing the WTO (1995)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (1994)
- WIPO Nice Agreement (1994)
- WIPO Trademark Law Treaty (signature 1994)
- WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (1994)
- WIPO Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms (1993)
- WIPO Phonograms Convention (1993)
- Sino-US IPR Memorandum of Understanding 1992
- WIPO Berne Convention (1992)
- UNESCO Universal Copyright Convention (1992)
- WIPO Washington Treaty (signature 1990)
- WIPO Madrid Agreement (Marks) (1989)
- WIPO Paris Convention (1985)
- WIPO Establishing Convention 1980
- Costa Rica - China FTA (2011)
- New Zealand-China FTA (2008)
- Pakistan-China FTA (2006)
- China-Chile FTA (2005)
China’s IP Related Authorities
Hong Kong’s IP Ordinances
- Copyright (Suspension of Amendments) Ordinance 2001
- Copyright Ordinance
- Director of Intellectual Property (Establishment) Ordinance
- Layout-design (Topography) of Integrated Circuits Ordinance
- Organized and Serious Crime Ordinance
- Patents Ordinance
- Plant Varieties Protection Ordinance
- Prevention of Copyright Piracy Ordinance
- Registered Designs Ordinance
- Trade Descriptions Ordinance
- Trade Marks Ordinance
- Basic Law 1997
International Treaties Applicable to Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s IP authority
Macau’s IP Laws
Macau’s IP authority
Taiwan’s IP Laws
Taiwan’s IP Related Authority
IP Faculties and Research Institutes
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- Boston University IP
- Cardozo Intellectual Property and Information Center
- Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle
- Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property
- East China University of Politics and Law Shanghai
- Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy
- Franklin Pierce Center of Intellectual Property
- High Tech Law Institute
- Institute for Information Law Amsterdam (IViR)
- Institute for IP and Information Law (U of Houston)
- IP Academy Singapore
- Kernochan Center for Law Media and the Arts
- Max Planck Institute of Intellectual Property Competition and Tax Law
- McGill Centre for Intellectual Property Policy Montreal
- Renmin University of China School of Law Beijing
- Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic
- Stanford Center for Internet and Society
Chinese blogs/sites/committees about IP in China
- Andrew C. Mertha
- BioIPR-COM
- Blawg Dog
- China IPR Law
- Danwei
- Intellectual Property in China 知识产权与中国发展
- Intellectual Property Rights Protection Alliance
- IP Menu
- IP Webcasting Hong Kong
- IP.People.com.cn
- IPR.gov.cn
- More blogs about IP in China
- Patent Agent in Hong Kong
- Peter K. Yu
- Quality Brands Protection Committee
- Southern Perspective Shenzhen
China Blogs
- All Roads Lead To China
- Asia Business Intelligence
- China and International Law
- China Business Law Blog 中國商法博客
- China Challenges
- China Economics Blog
- China Esquire
- China Hearsay
- China Herald
- China Journal Wall Street Journal
- China Law Blog
- Chinese Law Working Group
- Emerging Capital
- Experience not logic
- International Economic Law and Policy Blog
- Little Red Book
- Modern Asian History: Myths and Realities
- PanAsianBiz
- The China Game
- This is China! Blog
- Uculture
- WTO and China
- 中外对话 China Dialogue
IP Blogs
- Afro-IP
- Boek 9 (Dutch)
- CIPP McGill Blog
- Class 46
- Counterfeit Chic
- Intellectual Property Watch
- Invisible Gold in China
- IP Finance
- IP Kat
- IP Tango
- Ipeg
- IPR Transatlantic Collaboration
- nipc IP/it Update
- No to Fakes
- Philip Brooks'Patent Infringement Updates
- Professor Justin Hughes
- Small Business IP Protection and Management
- SPC Blog
- The Counterfeit Blog
- The Fire of Genius
- The Gray Blog
- The Trademark Blog
- Transnational Law Blog
- Vox PI
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IPR Holders Representatives/Anti-piracy/-counterfeiting
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- ARCC
- Auteursrecht
- BASCAP
- BIG Web
- BPG
- Brand Protection Alliance
- BREIN
- British brands group
- BSA
- CAAST
- Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy
- Coalition for intellectual property rights
- Danish Anti-Counterfeiting Group (Danish)
- ECAP II
- ECTA
- FACG
- FACT
- FAST
- Filmwereld
- IACC
- ICC Commercial Crime Service
- IDSA
- IFPI
- IIPA
- INDICAM
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- IP Federation
- IP Institute
- IPOS
- IPR Helpdesk
- IRMA
- Marques
- MPA
- MPAA
- NACG (Norwegian)
- NMPA
- No to fakes
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- RIAA
- SABAM
- SACG
- SIIA
- SNB-REACT
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- The Industry Trust
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- World Cinema Alliance
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Tag Archives: counterfeit
Fast Moving Counterfeit Goods From China Found in India
For a long time FMCG was the abbreviation for Fast Moving Consumer Goods, also in India. But you might take the C to mean counterfeit, because an increasing amount of counterfeit healthcare, skin cremes, shampoos, toothpaste and cigarettes of famous … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, Dabur, FMCG, Indian, ITC
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Sword Is Going After The Counterfeit Source
“The Way of the Sword is from the beginning difficult to learn. Like a Dragon or Rainbow it is subtle and mysterious. Should it be used like a hacking Sabre, the immortal Zhang Sanfeng die of laughter.“ Photo: Danny Friedmann … Continue reading
Tagged Bright Sword, counterfeit, enforcement, mass campaigns, Ministry of Public Security
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Reaction to Professor Navarro’s China Bashing: We Get What We Paid For
Due to the melamine scare many Chinese parents buy milk powder in foreign supermarkets; such as Walmart, or in Hong KongPhoto Danny Friedmann July last year I posted a blog about professor Peter Navarro who questioned whether profit making is the … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, environment, health and safety risks, labour rights, Professor Peter Navarro
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Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do. Now Do They?
God has strange lodgers Nick Squires reports for The Telegraph that 13 million pounds worth of counterfeit souvenirs was seized before the beautification of the late pope John Paul II. The products involved were ““family packs” of plastic rosaries which … Continue reading
Tagged Cartier, counterfeit, Mont Blanc, Omega, Rolex, Vatican
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IP Dragon Checks International Clothes Market in Beijing: “Waterbedding” Effect of Trademark Enforcement
Building of the International Clothes Market While all eyes are fixed on Silk Market in Beijing, IP Dragon focuses its attention to the International Clothes Market in Beijing to check whether counterfeit apparel and bags were on sale. Let’s first take … Continue reading
Tagged Burberry, Calvin Klein, Chanel, counterfeit, Givenchy, Hermes, Hugo Boss, International Clothes Market, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Robe di Kappa, Silk Street, 商标, 金开俐德国际服装市场
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Polo Santa Roberta Shop Closed in Mongkok: Shirts Still On Sale at Ladies Market
No longer is there a Polo Santa Roberta shop in Mong Kok. The Hong Kong police Customs cracked down on it. However, if you walk through the Ladies’ Market ( 女人街) you can easily spot the Polo Santa Roberta shirts. … Continue reading
Paradox of Strong Brands in China: Cause And Cure of Counterfeiting
If you have a strong brand, chances are that your trademark will be counterfeited in China. The counterfeiter can simply manufacture unauthorised copies of a popular brand: no developing costs, no marketing costs, and certainty about the demand. Then again … Continue reading
Tagged brand, China Hearsay, counterfeit, Laura Burkitt, trademark in China
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IP Dragon Book Review: Poorly Made In China
Paul Midler‘s book Poorly Made in China is remarkable. He not only wrote a first hand account of the challenges companies face when they manufacture their products in China, but did it in a lucid, literary style, something you would … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, culture, intellectual property in China, Paul Midler, Poorly Made In China, third shift
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Another Mass IPR Campaign in China: Groundhog Day All Over Again
China’s Ministry of Culture announced that it has launched an IPR campaign that cracks down on counterfeit products and needs to raise awareness about IPR protection. It focuses on karaoke bars, websites, online-games, internet cares, animation and artistic products. Read … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, IPR in China, karaoke, mass campaigns, Ministry of Culture, Special Campaign on Combating IPR Infringement and Manufacture and Sales of Counterfeiting and Shoddy Commodities
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Uncreative Brand, Creative Brand in China
Uncreative Brand In Yangshuo, next to Guilin, Guangxi province, you can see one of the most characteristic mountains of China. But if you bike through the village, you will notice some interesting shops as well. Almost next to each other … Continue reading
Tagged Adidas, adivon, brand, copycat, counterfeit, famous brand, Fujian, Guangxi, Mulinsen, Trademark Law, well-known trademark, Yangshuo
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CNBC: “The Most Profitable Criminal Enterprise: Counterfeit Goods”
CNBC presents “Crime Inc.: Counterfeit Goods,” presented by Carl Quintanilla will be aired July 14. “At around 7% of all global trade, Counterfeit Goods are a big business with low overhead. It makes too much money to go away any … Continue reading
Tagged Carl Quintanilla, CNBC, counterfeit, statistics
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Chinese Counterfeit Cisco Products Because of Profit Seeking Or State Sponsored Cyber Terrorism?
After ‘Cisco Raider/Operation Network Raider‘ about counterfeit Cisco Systems router products which originate from China, Professor Peter Navarro poses the question whether the intention was only profit seeking by unscrupulous Chinese counterfeiters, or whether these products are trojan horses that … Continue reading
Tagged Cisco Raider, Cisco Systems, counterfeit, cyber espionage, FBI, Operation Network Raider, Professor Peter Navarro
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In The Year of The Tigger: What Makes A Real Winnie The Pooh?
How to tell real from fake? On top: real Winnie the Pooh, including a laser hologram of Walt Disney. Below: fake Winnie the Pooh, without a laser hologram of Walt Disney. The counterfeit one is on offer in Wanchai, Hong … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, holograms, Walt Disney, Winnie the Pooh
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Business Prof Navarro: “China’s Advantage Comes From 5 Mercantilist Trade Practices”
Business Professor Peter Navarro of the University of California-Irvine, lashed out in 2008 at China Inside Out (ABC), a documentary by Bob Woodruff about China’s influence in Angola, Brazil, Cambodia and the US, because it allegedly paints a too nice … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, piracy, Professor Peter Navarro
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IP Dragon 知識產權龍 in “Sin City” (阿姆斯特丹)
Yes, people in Amsterdam can buy sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. And some do. But do they buy counterfeit products? That is the question IP Dragon asked ad random people in the centre of Amsterdam (阿姆斯特丹) in the Summer … Continue reading
Tagged Amsterdam, counterfeit, IPR
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Good Old Days of Counterfeiting in Hong Kong?
Adrian Burden of No to Fakes interviewed Sarah McCartney, the writer of the book Fake Factor. Sarah McCartney: “A couple of decades ago people could only buy fakes if they went abroad for them. Part of the fun of visiting … Continue reading
Tagged Adrian Burden, counterfeit, Fake Factor, No To Fakes, Sarah McCartney
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Fake iPhones: Rip-off or Innovation
iPhone in relation to China is in the news again. Stan Abrams of China Hearsay wrote about the alleged looming problems with Apple’s iPhone trademark in China, see here. And then I was interviewed by Sophie Pilgrim of France 24, … Continue reading
Tagged China Hearsay, counterfeit, Danny Friedmann, France, France24, iPhone, Sophie Pilgrim
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IP Dragon’s Worldwide Review of Seizures and Measures Against Counterfeit and Pirated Goods Originating from China
This article will be a work in progress, because everytime I will come across news about a country that seized counterfeit or pirated goods originating from China I will add the link, so that a worldwide overview will emerge. If … Continue reading
Faustian Pact Anno 2009: Receive Counterfeit Products, Lose Your Soul
You might have seen the movie ‘The Devil Wears Prada‘. A more empirical title could be ‘The Devil Sells fake Prada’. Research conducted by Duke and MIT professor Dan Ariely (author of Predictably Irrational) found out that owning a counterfeit … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, Dan Ariely, Duke University, MIT
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Interview with Mr Joseph Simone About Which Steps The US Could Take in regard to IPR in China
IP Dragon’s Danny Friedmann asked foreign registered lawyer and IPR in China specialist Mr Joseph Simone of Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong about which course of action the US could take after the decision, WTO DS 362 Report, by … Continue reading
Tagged appeal, counterfeit, DS362, IACC, Joseph Simone, Special 301 Report, WTO Dispute Settlement
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AMP: “Economic Crisis Should Make German Government Act More Aggressively Against Counterfeiters”
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) interviewed Mr Rüdiger Stihl, chairman of the Aktionskreises gegen Produkt- und Markenpiraterie (APM). The resulting article at the site of N24 (in German) gives a good overview of the damages that are caused by counterfeit products originating … Continue reading
Tagged APM, cocaine, counterfeit, counterfeit drugs, DPA, heroin, John Bingham, organised crime, public awareness, Rüdiger Stihl, Telegraph, tourist
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US Customs Seizure Statistics 2008: “China number one, India number two and Hong Kong number three counterfeit producer”
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and U.S. Customs Enforcement divisions of Homeland Security gives some statistics about the numbers, characteristics and origins of counterfeit goods seized in the U.S. in 2008.IPR seizures of goods from China rose … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, customs, Hong Kong, India, ranking, seizures, South Korea, statistics, Taiwan, US Customs and Border Protection, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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All Clichés But Still True: Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement in China Leaves Room For Improvement
France24 reports in a 2 minutes 51 seconds video (from April 2008) about the rampant violations of IPR in China and the insufficient measures to tackle the problem. One big déjà vu all over again… We see the familiar in … Continue reading
Tagged American Chamber of Commerce in China, counterfeit, license, market, Mr James Zimmerman, Mr Lin Binjie, Ms Fang Fang, Pierre Cardin, Silk Street
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Who Won The IPR Dispute At The WTO Between China and the US?
Remember April 10, 2007, when the US brought claims against China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for allegedly violating the TRIPs Agreement because of unsufficient IPR enforcement (DS 362) and lack of market access (DS 363)? Read here. Mr … Continue reading
Adidas Execs Don’t Acknowledge Chinese Counterfeit Problem
Ms Mei Fong wrote an interesting article in the WSJ about Adidas’ efforts to become the number one in China by locating their biggest store there. Interestingly Ms Fong noticed the following: “Locating its biggest store in the world’s biggest … Continue reading
Tagged Adidas, counterfeit
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Olympic Torch Tanzania Brings Protests Against … Chinese Counterfeit Products
BBC News has every day the news ‘In Pictures‘. Today picture six of this item showed the Olympic Torch “in peaceful Tanzania relay”. There were protests, however not against human rights violations in T 1b ET, but against counterfeit and … Continue reading
Tagged BBC, counterfeit, substandard, Tanzania
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Counterfeit iPhones Smuggled Outside China; Genuine iPhone Smuggled Back Into China
Stop the press! Although also iClones (fake iPhones) exit China to Europe and the US, read here, also genuine iPods manufactured in China for/by Apple are exported abroad. There is a lack of the real thing in China, so the … Continue reading
Tagged Apple, counterfeit, genuine products smuggled, iPhone
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Africa Preferred Route Chinese Counterfeits To Europe
Thailand is the preferred route into Asia for counterfeit and pirated goods originating from China, read here. Now IP Dragon learned from Jeremy Phillips, known from the renowned IP Kat, but also contributor to the new blog Afro-IP who is … Continue reading
Daniel Chow: Link Between Counterfeiting and Organised Crime
Jeffrey Sheban wrote a good article entitled ‘In the land of counterfeit’ for The Columbus Dispatch in which the link between counterfeiting and organised crime is suggested. He quotes Ohio State University law professor Mr Daniel C.K. Chow, who spent … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, Daniel Chow, organised crime
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Reaction to Shaun Rein: Consumers Not Always Fake It ‘Till They Can Make It
Shaun Rein of China Market Research Group wrote an interesting article ‘How to Win the China Piracy Battle’ for BusinessWeek, see here. Mr. Rein asserts: If a company wants to have success in China, in the face of counterfeit and … Continue reading
Tagged BusinessWeek, copyright piracy, counterfeit, Shaun Rein
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New Technology for Old Wines Against Counterfeit Bottles
“In China and Vietnam, you find more counterfeit than authentic bottles,” Serge Tchekhov said in a phone interview with Elin McCoy of Bloomberg. In order to fight counterfeit wines winemakers are considering to deploy new technologies such as RFID, now … Continue reading
Tagged Algoril, counterfeit, counterfeit wine, holograms, RFID, Serge Tchekhov
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If it Looks Like a Hummer, Sounds Like a Hummer, Drinks Like a Hummer …
An anonymous writer of Washington Wire of the Wall Street Journal quoted US vice-president Dick Cheney saying: “I remember being over there once, meeting with a group of American businessmen in Shanghai….” the vice president said. And they were telling … Continue reading
Tagged Alan Holmer, counterfeit, Henry Paulson, Hummer
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Fake Mengniu Milk Found in Beijing Wholesale Markets
During an inspection by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce Yanqing Branch, 200 boxes of fake Mengniu milk have been discovered at some wholesale markets in Beijing. Mengniu is the official sponsor of the National Basketball Assocation in … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, fake food, NBA
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Genuine Fake Holograms From China
Marty Graham wrote an article about counterfeited holograms for Wired News. Graham explains that as the counterfeited products increase in value, the sooner counterfeited holograms are added to fake genuineness of the products. The technology to copy holograms has been … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, holograms
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Warns Against Counterfeit Circuit Breaks, Viagra and Shampoo
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) warned against several counterfeit products from China, Russia and Pakistan causing health and safety risks, reports Robers Fife for CTV. Some of the counterfeit products have high levels of the wrong ingredient: Viagra knock-offs … Continue reading
Anticipated Supreme People’s Court Decision in Counterfeit Case Between Montresor and Ferrero
David Eimar reports for The Independent about the much anticipated Supreme People’s Court ruling next month between Montresor’s Tresor Dore and Ferrero Rocher. Eimar points out a salient aspect of the case: “Tresor Dore, a popular Chinese brand of chocolates … Continue reading
Tagged counterfeit, Ferrero, Montresor, Supreme People's Court, Tianjin Higher People's Court, Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court
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Counterfeiters Prevent Other Counterfeiters From Copying Them
Melinda Liu of Newsweek went to Yaxiu shopping mall in Beijing to get a first hand experience of the IPR infringement problem the new “strategic economic dialogue” between China and the United States, among other things such as the US … Continue reading
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Counterfeit Goods and Piracy Segment 2005 in Numbers: The Overview
Douglas (aka Dog McFly) sent me an email pointing out the site of Havoscope. This site shows China’s share in market value of counterfeit and piracy goods, here, based on the numbers of the Quality Brands Protection Committee and the … Continue reading
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Counterfeit Spelling Contest How To Write ….
Philips. China is warming up relations with the African continent. One side effect is the growth in Chinese counterfeit products. Oskar Himmelreich made a nice picture in Kumasi, Ghana, August 2006 of a counterfeit mixer of the Dutch multinational with … Continue reading
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