Intellectual Property and the Law

Ahead of the Sipo (International Exhibition of original) to be held from March 28 to 30, 2012 at Caistab Plateau, the League Euro communication system, in collaboration with the OIPI (Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property) held the CRRAE-WAMU, a press conference on the theme of copyright and intellectual property: "Which acts out and strategizes for an effective fight against counterfeiting in the Ivory Coast." This is done in order to educate the public and the different world governments about the need to promote original products.

According to a reputable, specialist in intellectual property law, Dg of OIPI, the major objective is to enable companies to promote their products authentic to the people, public authorities and economic operators. This is to address the problem of all of the “counterfeiting companies” that gnaw at, and kill the U.S. economy, as well as other economies around the world.

Anything that results, he said, by multiform consequences. "At the state level, counterfeiting causes a significant tax leakage, including VAT, business license and tax on income. Against undertakings performing a legal activity, the unfair competition that is inflicted by counterfeiters leads to considerable losses of market share" he lamented.

"There are also health risks, some still remember the deaths of 2,500 people in Niger in 1995, caused by counterfeit vaccines that were administered to over 50,000 people during a meningitis epidemic," he said. Prior to indication that the use of fake medicines, or food, fraud generates side effects that may affect the consumer’s health. Therefore, faced with such a scourge, the mobilization must be general and should provide adequate structures and there should be a strong private sector involvement.

There you have it, bootleg movies and programs are just as bad for you as AIDS. So make sure you only use programs that you have the rights to use, and never try to share your programs with others for hopes of making some money, because it will likely soon land you in jail.