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7 arrested in Hong Kong for toy copyright infringement |
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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
 Customs officers have arrested five men and two women, aged 24 to 53, and seized 24 copyright-infringing toys worth $5,000 at the Toys & Games Fair 2008 in Hong Kong.
According to Hong Kong's government website, this is the 14th time the Customs & Excise Department has implemented the Fast Action Scheme with the co-operation of the Brands Protection Alliance at large-scale exhibitions in Hong Kong.
At first, this story doesn't seem that fascinating other than having cool names that one might see in a comic book. However, this story is special in that Hong Kong has a program that allows officers to take enforcement action within 24 hours against intellectual property right infringement activities upon receiving reports from exhibitors.
I do know from first hand experience that a lot of counterfeiting goes on in Hong Kong and China but having fake goods in a trade show is pushing it. Glad to see that they're being tough on enforcing intellectual property rights.
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