China's Ministry of Public Security released details of 10 major piracy cases involving infringement of foreign intellectual property rights (IPR) Tuesday.' D2 o8 R O4 ~5 y9 V* D( ^% \, U# `
Between August and September this year, police forces from Tianjin Municipality and Henan Province joined hands with the United States customs authorities to destroy a transnational fake drug manufacturing and sales network involving 11 countries, seizing 440,000 counterfeit filters, worth 40 million yuan (US$4.9 million) and 260 kilograms of materials. Eight suspects were arrested.
) [% v& o+ p! P/ N2 ~3 ` In June, the police from Tianjin arrested two persons suspected of selling 25.65 million pieces of fake medicine, worth 1.7 million yuan.
' I" s* C0 e5 X; p9 T* o% G In March, the public security bureau of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province in East China, arrested a group of pirates led by a Lebanese national who had been engaged in manufacturing and selling counterfeit versions of international cosmetics brands worth US$2 million. The police seized 1.6 million packs.* X. t2 W: z8 J1 O' N/ ^
In February, Shanghai police arrested three Taiwan residents who had been involved in the selling of counterfeit car parts of famous Japanese makers, worth about 10 million yuan.
3 ^! @- n8 @/ A% d5 B# @4 @0 S: S In January, the police in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, destroyed a network manufacturing fake Gillette shaving devices, worth 30 million yuan.
' A( U6 v) s' c In November, Shanghai police arrested six suspects, including a British national, who were involved in illegally manufacturing and selling fake cosmetics worth more than 5 million yuan. The British national was expelled from the country |
发表于 2012-8-16 08:34:12
