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A new bill on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital age was presented to France’s Council of Ministers yesterday (8 April). This text aims to “continue to adapt our law to new uses and (to) protect artists and creators against 21st-century counterfeiting facilitated by streaming, direct downloading or referencing sites”, declared Gabriel Attal, the government spokesman, at the end of the meeting. A new super-regulator, the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (ARCOM) is to be created from the merger of the Haute Auto...

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Linge Basque’, ‘ Absolue Pays de Grasse’ and ‘ Pierre d’Arudy’ joined the small family of geographical indications for industrial and handicraft products. To date, 12 geographical indications have been approved by the French IP office, INPI. There are, however, two new applications for registration: ‘ couteau de Laguiole’ and ‘ poteries d’Alsace’, for which public inquiries for the registration of geographical indications have just been opened. A geographical indication is a distinctive sign. It assures the consumer of characteristics attributable to that geographical or...

MANILA, Feb. 18 -- In line with the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) mandate to protect the country’s borders from the entry of illegal and smuggled goods, the Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), filed criminal cases before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against two (2) importers for the alleged misdeclaration and illegal importation of counterfeit and prohibited goods. The first case is against YJC International Corporation for alleged unlawful importation and misdeclaration of 1,599 cartons (79,950 reams) of counterfeit cigarettes with a total value of PHP 76,837,676.47. The cons...

(PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Bureau of Customs (BOC) through its Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), filed criminal cases against YJC International Corporation and MBS Cargo Movers Co. before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the alleged misdeclaration and illegal importation of counterfeit and prohibited goods. YJC was rapped for alleged unlawful importation and misdeclaration of 79,950 reams of counterfeit cigarettes amounting to P76.8 million. The items, declared by the consignee as “plastic frames and sheets”, were seized on Ja...