TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1986
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PUBLIC SUPPORT URGED TO HELP SUPPRESS COUNTERFEIT
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A SENIOR CUSTOMS OFFICIAL THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING MADE AN APPEAL FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT TO HELP SUPPRESS THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS.
ADDRESSING A MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF THE NEW
TERRITORIES, THE HEAD OF CUSTOMS TRADING STANDARDS INVESTIGATION BUREAU, MR JOHN HOWARD, SAID EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE SUCCESSFUL BY ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW ALONE.
+STRONG SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION FROM THE OWNERS OF INDUSTRIAL-INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND FURTHER POSITIVE SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ARE NEEDED TO CONTAIN THE ATTACK ON LEGITIMATE INDUSTRY AND THE GENERAL AREA OF TRADING STANDARDS AS A WHOLE,+ HE ADDED..
MR HOWARD SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD RECOGNISED THAT THE INFRINGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDERMINED INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION.
+HONG KONG'S EFFORTS TO FIGHT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VIOLATORS ARE WELL RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY.
+ IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPREHENSIVE LAWS COVERING TRADE MARKS, TRADE DESCRIPTIONS, COPYRIGHT, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS AND PATENTS AND COMMITTED SUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES TO THE VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF THESE LAWS.+
MR HOWARD POINTED OUT A TOTAL OF 1 085 SEIZURES WERE MADE FROM JANUARY TO NOVEMBER THIS YEAR INVOLVING GOODS VALUED AT 356 MILLION UNDER THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE AND RESULTED IN THE PROSECUTION OF 666 PERSONS OR FIRMS.
+ IN THE SAME PERIOD THIS YEAR, OPERATIONS TAKEN UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE HAVE LED TO 102 SEIZURES WITH GOODS VALUED AT $1.21 MILLION AND A TOTAL OF 130 PROSECUTIONS,+ HE ADDED.
HE SAID THAT THE STRATEGY TO ATTACK COUNTERFEITING AND COPYRIGHT PIRACY IN HONG KONG WAS DIRECTED AT ALL LEVELS FROM RETAILING AT STREET LEVEL, LARGE AND SMALL ESTABLISHED RETAIL PREMISES, MANUFACTURING OUTLETS AND ON IMPORT AND EXPORT.
+ACTION IS TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS RECEIVED OR SELF INITIATED THROUGH SURVEILLANCE AND INTELLIGENCE.
/+THE CUSTOME ....