Olympics IPR efforts

China Customs has drafted a plan for IPR protection during 2008 Beijing Olympics that includes regulations on goods shipped by post or carried by passengers that involve in piracy and infringement. It also plans to closely monitor imports and exports related to the Olympics and publicize IPR protection concepts to overseas tourists. Among violations already found were 10 illegal copies of a cartoon series about the Olympics discovered last November at XiamenGaoqiAirport. It was the first audio-video IP case related to the Olympics by people leaving the country uncovered to date.

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