During 3rd
and 4th of May, a seminar on fight against pharmaceutical crime and
products that affect public health, was held in Maputo. It was organized by
Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) and SERNIC (National
Service of Criminal Investigation).
The seminar had
as target group governmental institutions that have counterfeit in their roll of
activities or are interested in the matter. Thus, the attendees were comprised
of the representative of SERNIC, Attorney General of the Republic, Ministry of Health,
General Inspection of Economic Activities (INAE), Customs of Mozambique,
Medicines Center, pharmaceutical companies and trademarks representative as
BAIPA, Spoor & Fisher, MSD, Adams & Adams. It was also present the representative
of NAFDAC (National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control) of
Nigeria.
The main
objective of the seminar was to empower the participants, specially SERNIC
Agents and other governmental institutions with knowledge on counterfeiting of
several products, reason for which the seminar was transformed in a training,
with practical questions related to products evaluation, identification of
counterfeits products (differences between the originals and fakes),
counterfeiting investigation and subsequent steps which lead to the destruction
of the products, among other aspects.
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| Cláudia Mabone and Paul Ramara (Spoor & Fisher) |
Baipa
presentation
Cláudia
Mabone made her presentation on the second day of the event. In a very
exhaustive intervention that captivated the audience, she spoke of Baipa's
experience in combating counterfeiting and in collaboration with the
authorities (INAE), highlighting the action that last year resulted in the
seizure and destruction of counterfeited Tonners of HP trademark. However, the
epicenter of her speech was related to the products of the PUMA trade mark,
with emphasis on the difference between original and counterfeit products and
how to easily identify the latter. She also addressed the legal treatment of
counterfeiting within the scope of the Industrial Property Code, namely its
typification and punishment.
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| BAIPA Team (Sérgio Braz and Cláudia Mabone) |
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| Cláudia Mabone, Mr. Thierry Tuina (Interpol) and Sérgio Braz |
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