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BORDER MEASURES IN INDIA - AN UPDATE

12 August 2010

Thanks to SHRAVAN KUMAR BANSAL from M/s United Overseas Trade Mark Company for providing us with an update of Indian Customs Regulations with respect to IPR Infringements.

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Court of appeal of Reims holds E-Bay liable

9 August 2010

In a decision handed down by the Court of appeal of Reims (France) on 22 July 2010, eBay France was held liable for sale of counterfeit Hermes products by its users. The Court reasoned that eBay France was liable as a "publisher of online brokering services" that exceeded "purely technological, automatic and passive [site host] services". As a publisher, the Court concluded, eBay did not fulfill its obligation to ensure the site was not used for unlawful sale of counterfeit products.

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FIRST JOINT PLENARY MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY, MADRID, PALACIO DE CONGRESOS, 10 JUNE 2010

24 June 2010

The First Joint Plenary Meeting of the EU Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy took place in Madrid on 10 June 2010.

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STATUS OF THE WORK OF THE LEGAL SUB-GROUP OF THE EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY

24 June 2010

The findings of the Legal Sub-Group of the EU Observatory on Counterfeiting & Piracy regarding the evaluation of the implementation of Directive 2004/48/EC (“the Enforcement Directive”) in the Member States (Damages and Corrective Measures) have been released on the Observatory’s website.

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US 2010 Joint Strategic Plan released

24 June 2010

The US IP Enforcement Coordinator released the US 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on June 22th 2010.

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