Intellectual Property Rights Protection Alliance

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Cases of interest

Summary of cases of interest

Date & Time	Subject
08/02/10	Customs steps up action against counterfeit goods in Lunar New Year
30/01/10	Government committed to protecting intellectual property rights (with photos)
28/01/10	Customs crackdown on chain stores selling computers with infringing software (with photos)
21/01/10	Customs seizes suspected pirated fortune-telling books (with photo)
10/12/09	Customs operation against sale of counterfeit goods on Internet auction site (with photo)
19/11/09	Customs detects cases of using new technique to illegally modify electronic game consoles
17/11/09	Customs cracks online sale of counterfeit cosmetics
27/10/09	Customs cracks online sale of infringing computer software
12/10/09	Shops selling karaoke systems with a large number of infringing songs and movies first found by the C&ED
19/09/09	Customs cracks corporate piracy cases
25/06/09	Customs detects first case of infringing online game servers
15/06/09	Customs detects “Top-Site” piracy case
04/06/09	Customs combats sale of counterfeit goods on internet auction site
28/04/09	Customs detects BT case
28/03/09	Joint Operation launched by Customs and Department of Health raided six Pharmacies in the New Territories
20/02/09	The Customs is committed to suppressing the online sale of pirated and counterfeit products
28/10/08	Customs clamped down on Copyright Infringement and Corporate Piracy by Internet Café
11/08/08	Customs seizes HD TV receivers
15/07/08	Packaging and distribution ring of counterfeit medicine detected
02/06/08	Customs Smashes A Counterfeit Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Auctioning Website
28/05/08	Customs cracks down on retail activities of circumvention devices
15/04/08	Customs neutralizes the largest case of pirated optical disc store in this year
26/11/07	Customs seizes counterfeit preserved vegetables
10/10/07	Customs smashes counterfeit goods showrooms
20/08/07	Customs mounted a two-day operation against corporate piracy
16/08/07	Customs seizes copyright-infringing foldable bicycles
27/07/07	Customs Mounted a 2-day Operation Against Game Console Retail Shops Selling Infringing Game Discs and Memory Cards
23/07/07	Customs Neutralizes a Syndicate of Counterfeit Mobile Phone Batteries and Accessories
04/07/07	Customs Launches Operation “Power House” in a Bid to Eradicate Counterfeit Mobile Phone Batteries in Sham Shui Po
08/03/07	Customs cracks piracy in jewellery show under Fast Action Scheme
16/02/07	Customs conducted territory-wide operations against outlets and karaokes suspected of contravening the Copyright Ordinance
08/02/07	Customs raids illegal photocopying shops
16/11/06	Counterfeit garments of various European brands were sold via an auction site in US
04/08/06	Customs Smashes a Street-Selling Syndicate of Forged Trademark Drills
17/06/06	Hong Kong Customs officers from Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau（IPIB），Airport Command and Intelligence Bureau，with the assistance of a cargo express company，on June 17 cracked the largest-ever case of exporting by cargo express pirated dis
01/06/06	Chinese restaurant director fined for contravening Copyright Ordinance
29/05/06	Customs raids counterfeit goods display room
10/05/06	Customs appeals to youngsters not to commit Internet piracy offences
03/05/06	Customs smashes a pirated discs store targeted at tourists
08/04/06	Man jailed for infringing Copyright Ordinance
06/03/06	Customs Mounted a Series of Operation Against Corporate End-user Piracy
17/01/06	Customs seizes suspected fake bottled bird's nest
15/11/05	Customs Detected a Corporate End-user Piracy Case Involving Largest Numbers of Computers
16/10/05	Customs seizes largest quantity of pirated disks for sale on auction site
16/10/05	$4.1m in fake goods seized
12/10/05	Customs Smashed an Underground Illegal Photocopying Workshop cum Launching Ceremony of “Reward Scheme to Combat Illegal Photocopying of Books”
07/10/05	Photocopied HKEAA past exam papers seized by Customs
27/09/05	Commissioner: C&ED partners with jewellery trade to uphold IPR
26/09/05	Customs seizes $5.5 million worth of counterfeit jewellery
02/09/05	Customs swoop on counterfeit cartoon products in Sham Shui Po
15/07/05	Customs officers of Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau raided a toys company in Tsim Sha Tsui
11/04/05	Suspected counterfeit watches seized by Customs
23/03/05	Customs seizes $6 million worth pirated VCDs
15/03/05	Customs smashes piracy on Internet auction site
11/03/05	Customs Detected the Largest Corporate End-user Piracy Case
11/03/05	Customs cracks the largest corporate piracy case
02/03/05	Customs smashes syndicated piracy by e-commerce
12/01/05	First Peer-to-Peer infringer arrested in Hong Kong