Reporting and analysis on counterfeiting, piracy and IP enforcement across Southeast Asia and Greater China.
Vietnam opened 85 criminal IP cases in seven weeks after the Prime Minister’s May dispatch, and 76 more in August. Recent cases show what authorities rely on, and what brands should have ready.
Vietnam
QBPC gave foreign brand owners in China a shared voice and a channel to authorities and platforms. It has closed. Here’s how to decide what your programme still needs.
China
Updated 22 October: a third shop owner charged in Hưng Yên. Police in Hưng Yên and Thái Nguyên have charged fashion-shop owners over fake designer goods.
Vietnam
Hong Kong Customs seized about 20,000 suspected counterfeit items worth about HK$10m from two containers at the Tuen Mun River Trade Terminal.
Hong Kong
Ho Chi Minh City police have charged a Chinese national with infringing the registered Hằng Du Mục trademark over 28.8 tonnes of red dates.
Vietnam
Hong Kong’s new bill would widen tax deductions for buying IP. If groups move brands into Hong Kong companies, the enforcement paperwork has to follow.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Customs seized about 6,800 suspected counterfeit hard drives worth about HK$50m in Tuen Mun on 15 October and arrested six people.
Hong Kong
Updated 17 October: a follow-up report names the brands and platforms. Reports from Samut Sakhon link suspected counterfeit stock with orders placed through online platforms.
Thailand
CIDG officers in Cagayan de Oro seized more than 160 boxes of suspected fake Magic Sarap seasoning on 5 October and arrested a Chinese store owner.
Philippines
Officials in Mukdahan, Thailand, seized about 27,700 suspected fake TAIYO lighters in two searches on 10 and 12 October. One man was arrested.
Thailand
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