Hungarian websites suspected of copyright infringement display a total of about 5,000 advertisements, the National Association Against Counterfeiting (HENT) told MTI citing a fresh study by the EU’s Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM).
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Mother Russia is the Eastern Europe`s “land of opportunity” and one of the most renowned countries for counterfeit products, starting with sports articles, mobile phones and moving on to the auto industry, where the counterfeit engine oil business has alarmingly increased over the past few years.
A year of studies - the impact of the Observatory’s reporting work
The Observatory produces a quarterly newsletter with information on its latest activities and enforcement tools, as well as news about its stakeholders from all around Europe.
Since the turn of the century, users have uploaded thousands of hours of digital content to the Internet. That includes music, movies, games, and much more. What protects content creators when someone violates copyright laws and posts their work online without their consent? The answer is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, also known as the DMCA. Provisions of the DMCA protect "creatives," webmasters, and others from copyright violators by providing a process anyone can use to have legally protected work removed from a website.
A three-minute video with English subtitles about the adventures visitors had after entering the No fake! program tent at Sziget festival in Budapest, Hungary.
The National Board Against Counterfeiting (NBAC) awaited visitors in 2014 in two festivals, namely the Valley of Arts and Sziget, in its programme tent. In Taliándörögd (location of the Valley of Arts) they focused on the presentation of counterfeited products, while in Budapest (location of Sziget) on thematic talks, performances and games. The questions were answered by Mónika Németh, Secretary of NBAC.
For the first time the Hungarian National Board Against Counterfeiting (NBAC) participates in the Sziget festival’s programs. In addition to the exhibition of counterfeit objects, this time, presentations, performances, quizzes and prize games await the festival-goers.
The Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO), the National Board Against Counterfeiting (NBAC), with festival organizer Hungarian Publishers and Booksellers Association has issued a survey on e-book reading habits this April, during the 21st International Book Festival in Budapest.
