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Tamil Nadu :Duplicate products seized; five arrested
Duplicate electrical products and auto parts of leading companies were seized at Hosur in Krishnagiri district and Dharmapuri town in Dharmapuri district recently.
Police personnel conducted raids at electrical shops and on auto parts sellers along with members of a private firm Enforcers of Intellectual Property Rights and recovered fake products worth Rs. 3.95 lakh.
In Hosur town, police raided the shops on Old Bangalore Road and seized duplicate products worth Rs. 75,000. Two persons - Prakash Chand (22) and Karnaram (45) were arrested. Police have filed cases under Sections 486 and 420 of IPC and Sections 77, 78 and 79 of Trade and Merchandise Marks Act.
In Dharmapuri town, police raided electrical and automobile parts shops on Arumaga Achari Street and Rajagopala Goundar Street and recovered duplicate products worth Rs. 3.20 lakh. Krishna Ram (21), Pasupathi (48) and Pandurangan (52) were arrested in this connection.
Police have filed cases under Sections 51 and R/W 63 of the Copyrights Act.
Fake case: court rejects plea
The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to accede to a request made by a few Bar Associations to desist from “perpetuating” its enquiry into a fake case filed in the Madurai Bench.
Justice K. Chandru said he could not renege on the oath of office he had taken to uphold the rule of law without fear or favour and drop the lawful proceedings at the request of the Bar.
The matter relates to a writ petition which the petitioner herself had denied to have filed.
On August 18, the judge issued notices to the lawyer on record as well the one who had attested the affidavit, seeking an explanation.
Woman constable fakes her kidnap
BERHAMPUR: A woman constable staged her fake kidnap by Maoists to get herself transferred from naxal-infested police outpost in Kandhamal district.
When the police nabbed the two persons involved in this fake kidnap, they found the two to be the brother and nephew of the constable, Asanti Pradhan. She is also being interrogated by the department.
As per the Kandhamal Superintendent of Police (SP), Nikhil Kumar Kanodia, action would be taken against the erring policewoman who tried to con the police department.Asanti was posted from Phulbani town police station to Pasara outpost under Tikabali police station in Kandhamnal district around two months back. Pasara outpost is near the Gasama jungle, which is a major naxal base for the Maoists during their Nayagarh attack.
She had requested for transfer from the outpost but the authorities had not agreed to her request.To increase the pressure for her transfer she planned the fake kidnap plan.
She wanted to blame the naxals for her kidnap to garner sympathy of authorities for her transfer.
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BERHAMPUR: A woman constable staged her fake kidnap by Maoists to get herself transferred from naxal-infested police outpost in Kandhamal district.
When the police nabbed the two persons involved in this fake kidnap, they found the two to be the brother and nephew of the constable, Asanti Pradhan. She is also being interrogated by the department.
As per the Kandhamal Superintendent of Police (SP), Nikhil Kumar Kanodia, action would be taken against the erring policewoman who tried to con the police department.Asanti was posted from Phulbani town police station to Pasara outpost under Tikabali police station in Kandhamnal district around two months back. Pasara outpost is near the Gasama jungle, which is a major naxal base for the Maoists during their Nayagarh attack.
She had requested for transfer from the outpost but the authorities had not agreed to her request.To increase the pressure for her transfer she planned the fake kidnap plan.
She wanted to blame the naxals for her kidnap to garner sympathy of authorities for her transfer.
Keeping tradition alive with cycle polo
Cycle polo, a sport similar to horse polo, uses cycles instead of horses.
This game kept the erstwhile Maharajas fit whenever their horses were rested.
Karnataka Cycle Polo Association (KCPA), an affiliate body of Cycle Polo Federation of India (CPFI), thought fit to introduce the game in Mysore, so that interested people could take up the game.
“It is an ancient sport and is still alive. It is very popular in North India, especially in Rajasthan. To keep the tradition going, the federation conducts national and State-level competitions of cycle polo every year,” said Association General Secretary Vijayalakshmi A. Patil.
MCD warns against fake demolition rackets
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has warned citizens against frauds duping building owners and occupiers by issuing fake notices for unauthorised constructions, misuse and non-deposition of conversion charges.
According to the MCD, these persons issue fake demolition notices indicating penalties on MCD’s letterhead. Such notices make references to the orders of the Supreme Court or the High Court and mention that during inspection, the field staff had noticed the owner or occupier of the property misusing the property without paying conversion charges. Such notices also say the said building has unauthorised construction and would be demolished within three days.
Govt mulls polymer currency notes to check fakes
In a bid to overcome the menace of fake Indian currency notes, the government is giving serious thought to printing currency notes on polymer, a practice prevalent in Australia.
The government is planning to approach the Australian government for the technological know-how for polymer currency notes, which is durable and difficult to counterfeit, an official source said.
“The Australian notes are more secure against counterfeiting. The notes are printed on polymer substrate instead of traditional paper,” the official said.
Fake bus passes worth Rs. 2,07,630 issued
The APSRTC 1 depot manager Ranganayakulu said out of the total bus concession passes issued to the students, 1593 were fake passes which valued at Rs.2,07, 630.
The authorities identified that malpractices were occurred in key series passes and hence the students who possess such passes were asked to return it to the depot and obtain fresh passes paying the cost. Officers also enquired students to elicit further details.
In this connection three APS RTC employees system supervisor, tickets custodian and depot cash cashier were already kept under suspension.
India bats for generics, seeks clarity on counterfeits
In the global battle against counterfeit medicines, India has sought clarity on the proposed expanded definition of counterfeits, staving off attempts to equate counterfeits with generic medicines.
Counterfeiting is a trademark-related issue that affects branded, patented and generic medicines, the Indian delegation said at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva.
At present, the World Health Organisation defines counterfeits as medicines that are deliberately and fraudulently mis-labelled, regarding identity or source. Also, counterfeits could contain varying levels to no level of the active ingredient of the original medicine. The expanded definition refers to the “history” of the drug, bringing in several implications, a Union Health Ministry source familiar with the development told Business Line.
India has its own norms and punishments on counterfeit medicines and is not opposed to being part of global initiatives to tackle them, the source said. But, a clear global definition on counterfeits was necessary, as countries often rely on WHO’s norms and definitions when framing their laws, and an ill-thought-through definition could cast a shadow on generic medicines, the source said.
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In the global battle against counterfeit medicines, India has sought clarity on the proposed expanded definition of counterfeits, staving off attempts to equate counterfeits with generic medicines.
Counterfeiting is a trademark-related issue that affects branded, patented and generic medicines, the Indian delegation said at the recent World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva.
At present, the World Health Organisation defines counterfeits as medicines that are deliberately and fraudulently mis-labelled, regarding identity or source. Also, counterfeits could contain varying levels to no level of the active ingredient of the original medicine. The expanded definition refers to the “history” of the drug, bringing in several implications, a Union Health Ministry source familiar with the development told Business Line.
India has its own norms and punishments on counterfeit medicines and is not opposed to being part of global initiatives to tackle them, the source said. But, a clear global definition on counterfeits was necessary, as countries often rely on WHO’s norms and definitions when framing their laws, and an ill-thought-through definition could cast a shadow on generic medicines, the source said.
Indian drug companies are largely producers of generic drugs or medicines that are chemically similar and are as efficacious as an innovative medicine. And India’s stance at the WHA brought cheer to the local industry, as they feared that the expanded counterfeit definition could be used as a non-tariff barrier against medicine exports from India.
The art of copying (medieval europe)
the practice of copying texts by hand was not a joke, but a
serious constraint in the early years of our civilisation. H.G. Wells says in The Outline of History, “For hundreds of generations the full power of writing was not revealed to the world, because for a long time the idea of taking prints of a first copy did not become effective.”
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the practice of copying texts by hand was not a joke, but a
serious constraint in the early years of our civilisation. H.G. Wells says in The Outline of History, “For hundreds of generations the full power of writing was not revealed to the world, because for a long time the idea of taking prints of a first copy did not become effective.”
WHO Counterfeit definition worries Pharmas
The domestic drug industry is concerned over ongoing World Health Organisation (WHO) negotiations that aim to bring non-health issues, having no direct implications on the safety of a drug, within the ambit of the definition of "counterfeit medicine".
The industry feels that a proposal by the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT) of the WHO to consider apparent "trademark violations" as "counterfeiting" cases would harm exports of generic drug makers.
If the changes do go through, they say, foreign drug firms could stall exports of low-cost versions of patent expired medicines to key markets.
Today, Indian firms have several brands that sound similar to those
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The domestic drug industry is concerned over ongoing World Health Organisation (WHO) negotiations that aim to bring non-health issues, having no direct implications on the safety of a drug, within the ambit of the definition of "counterfeit medicine".
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</script>The industry feels that a proposal by the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT) of the WHO to consider apparent "trademark violations" as "counterfeiting" cases would harm exports of generic drug makers.
If the changes do go through, they say, foreign drug firms could stall exports of low-cost versions of patent expired medicines to key markets.
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Currently, this would at the most be treated as a trademark violation. However, according to the definition proposed by IMPACT, the Indian product could be rejected as counterfeit, the sources explained.
This attempt to widen the definition of counterfeit medicine is happening at a time when a deliberate attempt is being made to label India as a major source of counterfeit medicines.
Indian companies, increasingly dependant on exports of cheap off-patented medicines to developed markets to drive business growth, will find this a major problem, the sources said.
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Financial Express : India is 2nd largest exporter of fake medicines to EU ...
The following statistics may not give India much reason to cheer. The country is still the second largest counterfeit medicines exporter to the European Union in 2007, although it has forfeited the first position it held in 2006 to Switzerland.
As per data released by the European Commission on Monday, India stands second after Switzerland in the list of top exporters of fake medicines to the EU in 2007 with 35% of the total fake drugs seized. In 2006, India was the leading source of fake drugs exported to the EU.
Next to Switzerland and India, the United Arab Emirates comes third with 15% of the total amount seized, according to the survey titled, '2007 customs seizure of counterfeit goods at EU's external border'. In 2006, India, together with the UAE and China, was responsible for more than 80% of all counterfeit medicines.
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The following statistics may not give India much reason to cheer. The country is still the second largest counterfeit medicines exporter to the European Union in 2007, although it has forfeited the first position it held in 2006 to Switzerland.
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Also, in 2005, based on the European Commission's Taxation and Custom Union (TAXUD) statistics, 75% of fake medicines cases originated from India, 7% from Egypt, and 6% from China. According to an earlier EU report, counterfeiters accept crude methods for manufacturing drugs such as filling the capsules with a mixture of brick dust with yellow paint used to mark roads to give it a colour similar to that of genuine medicine and furniture polish to give a nice, shiny finish.
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Encountering — S A R A I
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Dadi aur Mooch bachhon aur badon ke liye- sirf paanch rupayee- paanch rupayee, Beards and Moustaches for kids and elders only for five rupees. What looked like a collage student, standing beside me, took a piece and attached it to his clean-shaven youthful face. He then turned around to show it to his friends. One of them giggled loudly - you looking like a terrorist take it off;- he took it off but bought a piece anyways.
The man with the fake moustache and beard came near me and from his bag took out five pieces neatly wrapped in polyethylene bags. You want one, Sir?, he asked.
The man was from Bijnore, a small town; just four hours drive from Delhi. He learned the craft of making beards from Benaras. Everyday he gets up at four am in the morning and makes forty pairs of beards and moustaches and sells them for five rupees each. Mostly children buy them to play terrorist-terrorist.
Why do you think they sell? I asked casually while paying for the piece. To which he casually replied - Dar ka market hai bahiyya, fear has a market, brother.
Forgery — S A R A I
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A few minutes later, when he had cooled down he told us that how during the tallying when manual counting of notes was taking place, the verifier found four counterfeit five hundred rupee notes.
Although the bank had issued strict guidelines to all the tellers asking them to look for security features like paper quality, engraving techniques, watermarks, numberings, latent image, micro text, signature and dates, see through features, security strips, and threads in paper, shadow image and invisible florescent printing, Shiraz said thet when one is dealing with a large impatient crowd eager to deposit hard currency worth crores it becomes difficult to ascertain the genuineness of each and every note.
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However the incident kept preying on my mind. i was thinking of how notions like authentic and forge get build around and circulate in our lived experiences. moreover the importance of words like, attribute, feature, profile, aspect, characteristics, facet, hallmark, trait, quality, peculiarity and mark, for example, help in shaping the discourse around the fiction of authenticity and the fact of forgery.
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