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Notices
of seizures, legal actions against counterfeiters and other
infringements
Saudi,
Makkah, The Ministry of Commerce in Makkah is investigating 17 commercial
shops
that have been found to sell counterfeit printer ink cartridges.
(21 August 2007)
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PUTRAJAYA:
Imitation printer cartridges worth RM500,000 were seized yesterday
after
the trademark owners became suspicious of offers on the Internet
by two people in
Malaysia (May 18, 2007)
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On
April 5, the Shashi District People's Court in Jingzhou of Hubei
Province made
judgment on a case in which the criminals manufactured and sold
counterfeit toner.
The three criminals, Wang Yuhua, Guo Banghong and Ma Chaojun, were
sentence to
imprisonment varying from three to seven years. (May
2007)
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Taiwanese
Women nabbed for selling fake HP toner cartridges (April 2007)
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HP,
Canon, Brother, Samsung and EPSON join hands with Enforcement Officers
Battle Against Counterfeiters of Toner/Ink Cartridges 'The value
of the goods
seized is more than 1 million Baht'- Thailand 4 News and Press Releases (Feb 2007)
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Important
Industry News
March
23, 2009 -- The Imaging Supplies Coalition for International Intellectual
Property
Protection (ISC) today announced that HP has joined the Coalition
effective March 1, 2009.
Allen
Westerfield, president of the Coalition, said, "The members
and board of directors
of the ISC are very pleased to welcome HP as a member in the Imaging
Supplies Coalition.
As a leader in our industry, HP will join the other ISC's member
companies as we continue
to make progress in the battle against counterfeiting and fraud
in the Imaging Supplies
Industry."
"For
more than a decade, HP has been investing in anti-counterfeiting
practices and our
company has long been regarded as a pioneer for pursuing anti-counterfeiting
in its
Aftermarket Supplies business," said Jeffrey Kwasny, manager,
Anti-counterfeit Programs,
HP. "We're pleased to be joining forces with the other ISC
member companies to further
this pursuit in an effort to protect our customers and partners
around the globe."
The Imaging
Supplies Coalition for International Intellectual Property Protection,
Inc.
is a non-profit association of imaging supplies Original Equipment
Manufacturers.
Coalition members are Brother International Corporation, Canon U.S.A.,
Inc, Epson America
Inc., HP, Lexmark International, Inc., Oki Data Corporation, Samsung
Electronics America,
Inc., Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. and Xerox Corporation.
The ISC
can be contacted at 941-961-7897, e-mail at iscwesterfield@aol.com
or visit the
website at www.isc-inc.org.
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November
16, 2007, Kyocera Mita Europe has received Evidence that Counterfeit
Kyocera
Mita toners have been circulating, distributed, and sold within
the Kyocera Mita Europe
sales territory... Read
this article
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October
08, 2007, Consumers and makers of printer cartridges are losing
millions of
shillings to a vibrant counterfeiting industry....Read
this article
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21
August 2007 — MAKKAH, The Ministry of Commerce in Makkah is
investigating 17 commercial
shops that have been found to sell counterfeit printer ink cartridges....Read
this article
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July 16,
2007 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced that it will take stronger
action
in response to manufacturers and providers of counterfeit printer
cartridges, which are
confusing customers seeking to buy original Samsung Printing Supplies
Products. Samsung
is taking action to protect consumers and help ensure that purchase
decisions are the
right choice for high-quality Samsung products....Read
this article
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April
3, 2007, VietNamNet Bridge - More than 60 customs officers, economic
policemen
and market managers from southern localities have sought ways to
protect local
trademarks at a workshop opening in Ho Chi Minh City on Apr. 2....Read
this article
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Mar 13,
2007 Brother Gulf, a global leader in the development and manufacturing
of printing, communication and digital imaging products for homes,
SOHOs and
enterprises, has joined the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe
(ICCE),
an anti-counterfeit coalition in the imaging consumables industry.......Read
this article
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Jan 18,
2007 China's courts affirm "well-know" trademarks to curb
IPR infringement
Courts can set "well-known" trademarks when they deal
with disputes about
the trademarks, which are either illegally copied, registered again
for
products of different categories or involved in unfair competition.....Read
this article
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Feb 25,
2007. China must take anti-piracy steps soon: US Trade Representative
WASHINGTON: The United States might file a case at the World Trade
Organization unless China takes more action soon to reduce piracy
and
counterfeiting of US goods, the top US trade official said on Thursday...Read
this article
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