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- Counterfeit Cigs Goes Up in Smoke
The Associated Press has reported the International Trade Commission (ITC) has banned the import of fake cigerettes into the United States that appear to be counterfeit using the same trademark as tobacco company, Philip Morris. A complaint was filed in March to the ITC by representatives at Philip Morris to help in the effort to end [...] - Prehistoric Poaching
The associated press reported that prehistoric fossils arrived in the U.S. against import trade regulations. The fossils included bones of a saber-toothed cat, a partial skull of a dinosaur and eggs of several other dinosaurs. U.S. customs were notified of these fossils, which came in two different cargo shipments, one in the Chicago O’Hare airport and [...] - ITC Judge Rules No Violation Against Tessera Case
Tessera loses its U.S. trade ruling to get licensing revenue from makers in computer chips. The U.S. Trade Commission judge ruled that the companies Tessera filed against were not in violation and did not infringe its patent rights. No violation” has “occurred in the importation into the United States, the same for importation, or the [...] - European Commission Agrees with Bluefin Tuna Ban
According to Time magazine, the European Commission supports the proposal Monaco sent to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to ban the trade of Bluefin Tuna. “This decision marks an important step in the protection of Atlantic bluefin tuna,” Stavros Dimas, environment commissioner, said in a press release after the agreement was reached. [...]
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