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Novel Anti-Counterfeiting Idea

Link:- http://www.securingindustry.com/clothing-and-accessories/ny-councilor-proposes-jail-time-for-buying-fakes/s107/a1694/

NY councilor proposes jail time for buying fakes

A New York city councilor is trying once again to push through legislation that would see buyers of fake goods risk fines and jail terms.

The revived proposal comes two years after councilor Margaret Chin failed to persuade her peers to back a similar bill.

With fakes still widely available on New York markets, Chin is once again trying to cut demand by strengthening punishments against buyers. Chin’s constituency includes New York’s Chinatown, including the Canal Street market which is a hot spot for counterfeit product trading.

Focused mainly on purchasers of knock-off merchandise such as clothing, designer accessories and cosmetics, the bill would impose sentences of up to a year in jail or a $1,000 fine.The law would however only apply where there has been clear copying of trademark, so lookalike products – without trademark infringement – would be exempt.

Back in 2011 Chin highlighted the extent of the counterfeit merchandise problem and explained why buyers should share responsibility for the trade.

“I want the risk of getting fined to serve as a deterrent to those who would otherwise buy counterfeit goods,” she said, adding that aside from the loss of tax revenue it damages local businesses and has a “ruinous effect” on local quality of life. Local residents have reportedly claimed that street hawkers in the area harrass passers-by whilst trying to sell their goods.

“Tackling the suppliers is not enough. This is a profitable industry; an estimated $23bn is spent on counterfeit goods in NYC each year [and] for each storehouse that is shut down, there are others waiting to take its place,” said Chin, noting that more must be done to reduce demand.

Chin thinks New York could claw back some of these lost sales and taxes by giving police greater powers. However, with counterfeit sales increasingly being made online some argue the role of police on the ground in tackling fakes is diminishing anyway.

“It is time to get serious about this criminal activity and its local and global repercussions,” said Chin.

Achievement is a thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill.

“Accomplishments will prove to be a journey, not a destination.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969);
34th U.S. President

Care taker government is all farce.

Care taker federal government has stated in the Supreme Court that it is not in their mandate, to try Musharraf, for treason case.

Supreme Court should inquire from the CT PM, is it in his mandate to promote illegally, his own son; and indulge in nepotism?

ORIGINAL copy of a letter written by Allama Muhammad Iqbal Sahab poet of the East.

An 86 Years Old Letter of Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal Poet of the East

Link:- https://www.snayyar.com/an-84-years-old-letter-of-dr-allama-muhammad-iqbal-poet-of-the-east.html

Keep Innovation Jams Small
and Focused

Bringing together people from different backgrounds to creatively brainstorm a problem — otherwise known as “jamming” – has become a popular way to unearth new ideas. Although the process is widely hyped, many companies struggle to make it work. Here are three rules of thumb to help:

Let participants choose. It’s a mistake to assign people to a challenge. You’ll see much more creative energy if you let participants decide which problems to work on.

Keep the team small. Don’t let everyone get involved. Instead, create teams of no more than four. This size affords diversity but also allows the team to engage quickly.

Clearly define the problem. Make sure everyone understands the business, technological, and other challenges involved so each team member isn’t trying to solve a different problem.

Today’s Management Tip was adapted from “Make Your Next Innovation Jam Work” by Alessandro Di Fiore.

“Rejection doesn’t mean you aren’t good enough; it means the other person failed to notice what you have to offer.”

— Mark Amend

Today daily the News reports that “Supreme Court, in its judgement dated 31 July, 2009, has already rejected Mush claim of involving others”.

So all and sundry, who are saying that Musharraf’s trial on treason charges will open a pandora’s box, should relax now.

Gujarat government’s failure to protect people during 2002 riots figures in US report

PTI | Apr 21, 2013, 02.06PM IST

A US report on human rights says activists in India continue to allege that investigative bodies showed bias in favour of Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi.

WASHINGTON: India’s civil society continues to express concern over the Gujarat government’s failure to protect people or arrest those responsible for communal violence in 2002, a US report on human rights has said.

The report, titled ‘Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012′ released by the US state department, as mandated by the Congress, says human rights groups continue to allege that investigative bodies in their reports showed bias in favour of Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi.

“Civil society activists continued to express concern about the Gujarat government’s failure to protect the population or arrest those responsible for communal violence in 2002 that resulted in the killing of more than 1,200 persons, the majority of whom were Muslim, although there was progress in several court cases,” said the report, which was released by US secretary of state John Kerry on Friday.

“Human rights groups continue to allege that investigative bodies showed bias in favour of Modi in their reports,” the US report said.

The chapter on India in the report runs into 60 pages, according to which the most significant human rights problems in India in 2012 were police and security force abuses, including extra-judicial killings, torture, and rape; widespread corruption at all levels of government, leading to denial of justice; and separatist, insurgent, and societal violence.

“Other human rights problems included disappearances, poor prison conditions that were frequently life-threatening, arbitrary arrest and detention, and lengthy pretrial detention. The judiciary was overburdened, and court backlogs led to lengthy delays or the denial of justice,” the report said.

“Authorities continued to infringe on citizens’ privacy rights,” it said.

“Separatist insurgents and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, the northeastern states, and the Naxalite belt committed numerous serious abuses, including killing armed forces personnel, police, government officials, and civilians. Insurgents were responsible for numerous cases of kidnapping, torture, rape, and extortion, and they used child soldiers,” the report said.

For the second consecutive year, Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast saw considerably less violence than in the past, it added.

The state department said, law enforcement and legal avenues for rape victims were inadequate, overtaxed, and unable to address the issue effectively.

“Law enforcement officers sometimes worked to reconcile rape victims and their attackers, in some cases encouraging female rape victims to marry their attackers. Doctors sometimes further abused rape victims who had come to report the crimes by using the ‘two finger test’ to speculate on their sexual history,” it said, while referring to the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi.

How they got a Job – Nice Lessons

Story A

A young boy went for a Job interview.
As he was waiting outside for interview, he picked up a waste paper from the floor and threw it into a dustbin, while all others who has come where watching.
By chance the interviewer was passing by and saw it. and the Boy got the job.

Moral of the story:
People are valued for their character and habits

StoryB
A man was working in a bicycle shop.
A cycle had come for repair and after repairing the man cleaned up the bicycle and it looked like a new one.
All Other workers were making fun of him for doing redundant work.
Next day when owner came for the bicycle, he was very happy and offered the mechanic a job.

Moral of the story :
Good and extra work never goes waste.