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TPID to meet France's most elite anti-counterfeiting organizations
21 Feb '07
3 min read
True Product ID Inc (TPID) announced that the French Ambassador to the US has invited TPID CEO and President, Richard A. Bendis, to be an expert at meetings dedicated to fighting counterfeiting and piracy in France, which will be conducted with French ministers, other French government officials, leading French anti-counterfeiting organizations, and elite French luxury brands and fashion designers from February 20 to 26, 2007 in Paris and Marseilles.
The purpose of the meetings is to build a coalition of leading government, non-governmental, industry, and technological resources in France and the United States to help fight counterfeiting and piracy in France. According to Union des fabricants, counterfeiting costs France approximately US$7.8 billion and 38,000 jobs a year. French luxury goods are among the most counterfeited products in the world.
TPID is the only non-French industry expert which is dedicated to providing anti-counterfeiting technology and solutions to be invited for these meetings.
Accompanying TPID from the US will be a director of the US Copyright Office in Washington D.C., the Senior Advisor-IP Coordinator, US Department of Commerce, the President of the French-American Foundation, the President of International Intellectual Property Institute, the President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the president of BuySAFE, a bonded on-line shopping site, representatives from leading US designers Anna Sui and Kevan Hall, and members of the US press, including Harper's Bazaar and BusinessWeek.
The purpose of the meetings is to build a coalition of leading government, non-governmental, industry, and technological resources in France and the United States to help fight counterfeiting and piracy in France. According to Union des fabricants, counterfeiting costs France approximately US$7.8 billion and 38,000 jobs a year. French luxury goods are among the most counterfeited products in the world.
TPID is the only non-French industry expert which is dedicated to providing anti-counterfeiting technology and solutions to be invited for these meetings.
Accompanying TPID from the US will be a director of the US Copyright Office in Washington D.C., the Senior Advisor-IP Coordinator, US Department of Commerce, the President of the French-American Foundation, the President of International Intellectual Property Institute, the President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the president of BuySAFE, a bonded on-line shopping site, representatives from leading US designers Anna Sui and Kevan Hall, and members of the US press, including Harper's Bazaar and BusinessWeek.
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