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The report is about the trade of counterfeit goods that pose health, safety and environmental risks, it investigated how dangerous fake goods are to consumers based on the analysis of customs seizure data and other enforcement data and interviews with experts,
While regular manufacturers must comply with strict regulations to ensure that their products do not harm or harm consumers, fake products can pose serious health, safety and environmental risks as counterfeiters do not comply with these regulations at all.
Counterfeiters try to take advantage of as many opportunities as possible, and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this trend.
Criminals are taking advantage of the global crisis, and in fact, authorities reported a sharp increase in seizures of fake medicines, test kits, personal protective equipment and other medical products.
Based on previous analysis, report provides detailed and quantitative information about the value of illegal transactions that may pose health risks (eg. fake drugs or food), safety risks (eg. fake auto spare parts, batteries), and environmental risks (eg. fake chemicals or pesticides).
The contents emphasized in this
report are as follows.
- Perfume, cosmetics, clothing, toys, auto spare parts and pharmaceuticals are among the most common dangerous fake products.
- Defective and fake products can threaten the health of consumers and in some cases, life-threatening.
- Online sales account for 60% of confiscations of dangerous goods
- China and Hong Kong account for
75% of confiscations of dangerous fake goods.
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On March 24, 2022, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it would implement the 'PTAB Pro Bono Program' to provide legal services in collaboration with the 'PTAB Bar Association'.
Based
on the success of the *Patent Pro bono Program (PPBP) implemented in 2011, the
US introduced a Trademark Tribunal (TTAB) program in January, and the PTAB
program is the third pro bono program of the USPTO.
The main contents of the ‘PTAB Pro Bono Program’ are as follows.
∙ This program is a free legal aid program that match volunteer professionals with financially under-resourced inventors and small businesses to assist with PTAB attendance and appeal preparation.
∙ The PTAB Bar Association serves as a clearinghouse for recruiting and liaising with volunteers (patent experts) with experience in appeals and individual inventors experiencing difficulties in the PTAB process.
∙ The USPTO assessed that the ‘PTAB Pro Bono Program’ is meaningful in terms of fairing the playing field for all inventors and providing equal access to the innovation ecosystem.
▲ www.uspto.gov
Patent Pro Bono Coverage Map
*The Patent Pro Bono Program (PPBP) was introduced by the USPTO in 2011 to support inventors for filing a patent application at low cost by matching local inventors and professionals in 50 US states.
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