"Counterfeit products" refers to fake or imitation items that are made to look like genuine products. These are usually created and sold unlawfully, without authorization from the original manufacturer or brand.
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Therefore, we can not be certain that the medicine being sold by these vendors are genuine products (there are many reports
of counterfeit products on the market).
The recently passed
Combating Counterfeit Products Act introduces criminal enforcement provisions for counterfeit goods and new border enforcement measures.
The company and its U.S. partner have accused shops in California, Florida and New York of
selling counterfeit products under the RooR name.
For further information, see the Explanatory Note by the Government of Canada in the Canada Gazette on 31 December 2014 fixing 1 January 2015 as the day on which certain provisions of the Combating
Counterfeit Products Act come into force.
I am very keen on this because I've come across a few sites who would sneak
in counterfeit products every once in a while.
The company offers a cloud - based SaaS solution to combat IP infringement through detection and removal — the system scans
for counterfeit products online and automates the removal process.
Not only does serialization help to protect
against counterfeit products entering the market, but it can also secure against grey market sales and help identify breakdowns in the supply chain.»
The findings confirmed that with China's growing thirst for Baijiu and wine, more and more consumers find themselves coming face to face
with counterfeit products.
According to FURminator officials, unsuspecting consumers are getting ripped off by sellers peddling cheap
counterfeit products online.
The British Columbia Supreme Court originally ordered the defendants to cease all sales of
counterfeit product on the internet.
That means that for now, «any pharmacy that's offering generic Viagra is probably
using counterfeit product that's not approved,» Carmen Catizone, the executive director of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, a professional organization unaffiliated with drug makers, told The Times.
Whatever amount you might save isn't worth the risk of
eating counterfeit products or food made for international destinations that haven't been U.S. approved.
Examples mentioned included the company's programs for spotting and taking down counterfeit - product listings from its online shopping sites, initiatives to simplify the trademark - registration process, reductions in the time it takes to
remove counterfeit products, closer partnerships with global law enforcement authorities and governments, and the imposition of a variety of penalties against offending merchants, among others.
On the contrary, the result was the request of immediate confiscation, with exposure in such a setting that discourages those who commit fraud or
produce counterfeit products that have already led to severe sentences for different companies.»
Police announced that several vendors were arrested last week for selling
counterfeit products without a license, a move CB12 District Manager Ebenezer Smith said was an example of enforcement «made to bring balance» between legal and illegal vendors.
An efficient memory system does not need to store the details of a corporate logo, except perhaps to
distinguish counterfeit products, the researchers concluded.
While genuine FURminator products are available at most pet specialty retailers, some resellers attempt to sell
counterfeit products as the real thing.
Even recommended products that are bought from non-veterinary sources, which are unauthorized dealers, are not guaranteed to be effective due to inappropriate storage, handling, and
counterfeit product flooding the «grey» market for these products.
Following the regulatory reform of July 2007, which introduced the substantive examination of national patent applications, and thanks to the growing competence and quickness of specialised IP Courts, alongside the effective EU and national customs rules concerning importation of
alleged counterfeiting products, patents in Italy are considered more and more as an indispensable tool for competition.
This issue landed squarely in Canada in the Supreme Court's decision last year in Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc et al, which upheld the injunction provided by the Supreme Court of British Columbia that restricted certain search results for the online sale of
allegedly counterfeit products,
He represents clients in cases involving trademarks,
including counterfeit product and license related litigation, copyrights, and trade secrets.
CHECKITSREAL is an app - based ecosystem built on Blockchain technology to support product verification and traceability which helps detect and
eliminate counterfeit products.
VeChainThor, a blockchain startup that aims to make identification of
counterfeit products easier by an RFID technology, is yet again in the highlights with a fresh technical update.
Bill C - 8, the
Combating Counterfeit Products Act mentioned above, also includes changes to the Copyright Act, including to export and import provisions and border enforcement measures.
The major publishers involved in these cases are trying to consolidate their textbook divisions and wipe out the smaller companies that make their money
with counterfeit products.
Amazon is restricting brands that have seen these surges
in counterfeit products and you might need to pay $ 1,000 or even $ 1,500...
Recent reports have shown that many websites
sell counterfeit products with labels that appear to be authentic, but with a different product.
Outside of the Ergobaby case, in which we seized over a thousand website domain names and tons
of counterfeit products, we also worked cases with the NFL to seize counterfeit merchandise that was being sold by vendors just outside of the stadium.
Both Republicans and Democrats pressed him to crack down on trade with Canada, including digital piracy,
counterfeit products and softwood lumber.
Independently - owned 99 - cent stores have been known to
counterfeit these products.
However, Jamie Sasson, who is representing RooR and Sream in the Florida cases, told the Associated Press the company is willing to go to court to fight against
the counterfeit products.
On the one hand, the scheme wants to address real problems that Chinese society is confronting, such as financial scams,
counterfeit products, and unsanitary restaurants, which amount to a «lack of trust in the market,» says Creemers of the Leiden Institute.
Finally, watch out for
counterfeit products.