AMERICANS, EUROPEANS INTENSIFY ANTI-COUNTERFEITING COOPERATION
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLAMERICAN and European Union (EU) officials say an anti-counterfeiting concord struck last June is already yielding results, with US and EU customs officials and diplomats conducting joint offensives against the problem, rife in the tobacco sector. Senior figures, including US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and EU industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen met in Geneva to review the US-EU Intellectual Property Rights Action Strategy. They heard American and European customs officials have now participated in joint counterfeit targeting and ...
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