Monthly Archives: July 2010

TGIF: Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Says The Darndest Things

Online copyright piracy is a serious problem. China has started a campaign of three months to blacklist websites with pirated content so that Chinese telecom operators can take them offline. Now one can question the effectiveness of this temporary measure, … Continue reading

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Copyright Piracy in China: China Did Not Shed Its Fetish For Temporary Mass Campaigns

Blacklisting until the blacklisting goes on black again… The National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) has started a campaign on July 21, which will last until the end of October, to blacklist websites that are found to contain pirated content. … Continue reading

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JCB’s Chairman Compares China’s IPR Enforcement To Disease At Banquet With Premier Wen

Jonathan Guthrie’s article for the Financial Times about the travails of JCB, the manufacturer of loaders, forklifts etc. to survive the economic crisis, includes quotes of its chairman. This Sir Anthony Bamford allegedly said to the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao … Continue reading

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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

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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

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