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Cabinet Paper: Customs Prosecutions Related to the Importation of the Counterfeit and Pirated Goods

Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Customs, Hon Judith Tizard, Associate Minister of Commerce and Hon Lianne Dalziel, Minister of Commerce
[ Last Updated 9 November 2007 ]


49. Trade mark and copyright owners are likely to support Customs having the power to prosecute offenders. If this measure is approved we intend to:

  • issue a low-key press statement to say it will be included in the Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill before its introduction; and
  • direct officials to publish the Cabinet paper and RIS on the internet, subject to any appropriate deletions under the Official Information Act 1982.

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