Minggu, 10 April 2005

Operation Eagle Laid Upward To Soar?


Chinaview.com reports that China has arrested 419 people suspected of merchandise grade infringement inward the by 5 months. This data comes from Gao Feng, an official at the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), speaking final calendar week at a press conference inward Beijing on the State Office of Intellectual Property Protection. Since the outset of Operation Eagle, a one-year drive against merchandise grade infringement launched final November, to a greater extent than than 340 cases involving 100 meg yuan (US$12 million) accept been unearthed. According to Gao:

"Some 280 cases accept been closed, amongst 419 suspects arrested too thirty meg yuan (US$3.62 million) of economical losses recovered".
Apart from imitation medicines, commodities seized inward the drive ranged from Toyota, Nissan too Mazda accessories, counterfeit Chanel too Boss cosmetics, draw of piece of job solid electronic appliances, clothing, tobacco too alcohol. Thirteen Chinese authorities departments, including the National Office of Rectification too Standardisation of Market Economic Order, the Ministry of Publicity, the MPS too the Ministry of Information Industry, conception to co-launch a drive during Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection Week from Apr twenty to 26 inward an endeavor to elevate the IPR awareness of the world too to fend off counterfeit products.

Operation Eagle: clipping the wings of China's infringers

thinks this is a small-scale footstep inward the correct direction, but Merpel wonders if this is simply a cosmetic practise for unusual consumption. China does non precisely run a gratis marketplace economy. If infringers are operating on a large scale, how oftentimes is it amongst the connivance or cooperation of the State too its many organs?

Other Operation Eagles here and here
Operation Eagle Claw here; Operation Eagle Eye here

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