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"Mr President, an old Latin proverb says that what some people sow, others reap. That is exactly what modern product privateers do when they copy successful products, sell them for a fraction of their value and do a roaring trade. In this trade, many buyers are unaware that the plagiarisers not only bypass costly research and development work, but also cut corners in relation to the quality of materials. That can have disastrous consequences. On top of all that, the counterfeiters are getting increasingly brazen. Not just a single product, but even the company catalogue, or a company’s entire Internet presence are now being imitated. Most recently, Chinese counterfeiters have been copying Western products, changing a single detail, patenting their product in China and then taking the manufacturers of the original European products to court.
Clearly, it is important to overcome trademark and product piracy using simple and unbureaucratic processes and without criminalising consumers. What we need to do is cut off smuggling routes and further strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, including in respect of China, where, after all, 85% of counterfeits originate."@en1
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