Helpful emails
Here are some emails that were real helpful. We are still requesting help from these people and orgainizations at this time.
The scope of the problem is illustrated in this email
below. Jerad
Wells forwarded this copy to me because of rampant abuse from
Jerad Wells
Business Development Associate
Outdoor Industry Association
Direct:(303)
Main:(303)
From: Alex Boian
Sent:
To: Jerad Wells
Subject: OIA government affairs - US trade case against China goes to
WTO
Hey
Jerad,
You
were asking me about the case filed in the World Trade Organization Monday by
the US Trade Representative’s office. The case is requesting
consultations (formal trade talks) to force
Please
let me know if you would like more information or have questions.
Thanks,
Alex
Alexander Boian
Government Affairs Associate
Outdoor Industry Association
4909 Pearl East Circle, Ste. 200
Boulder, CO 80301
PHONE:
www.outdoorindustry.org
Ensuring the
growth and success of the outdoor industry
U.S.
to Request WTO Consultations with China over
U.S. Trade
Representative Susan Schwab announced April 9 that the U.S. plans to formally
request WTO consultations with China Tuesday over deficiencies in China’s legal
regime for protecting and enforcing copyrights and trademarks on a wide range
of products and over China’s barriers to trade in books, music, videos and
movies.
Despite numerous steps taken by
According to the
Market Access
The market access consultation request seeks to eliminate Chinese import and
internal distribution barriers that hamper the ability of
A request for consultations is the first step in a WTO dispute. Under WTO
rules, if the parties do not resolve the matter within a 60-day consultation
period, then the
Source
Document 1... Source
Document 2...
By
Evan Clark
WASHINGTON — U.S.
Trade Representative Susan Schwab said she would file two cases against China
with the World Trade Organization today, seeking to crack down on what many
lawmakers view as inadequate protection of intellectual property rights.
These are the first intellectual property cases the U.S. has brought against
China. They come two months after similar actions targeting illegal government
subsidies in that country. Such WTO cases, which might lead to retaliatory
tariffs, can take years to be resolved.
One of the cases addresses China's legal protocols for protecting and enforcing
copyrights and trademarks, and the other focuses on barriers to trade in books,
music, videos and movies.
"This is more than a handbag here or logo item there," Schwab said
during a news conference here Monday. "It is often theft on a grand
scale."
Combined with a Commerce Department decision last month to allow countervailing
duty actions against China, the WTO cases represent a harder line in U.S.-China
trade relations. The U.S. last year had a record $232.5 billion trade deficit
with China, which has become an economic and political hot-button issue as many
claim the country's policies give it an unfair advantage on the open
marketplace.
"There is no trade war per se with between China and the United
States," Schwab said. "We have a strong and growing trade
relationship. Therefore it should not surprise anyone that there are frictions
in this relationship."
The case on legal protocols, which would affect a wide swath of products,
including apparel and accessories, rests on three basic points: thresholds,
enforcement at the border and the lack of protection while goods undergo
censorship approval in China.
To illustrate the threshold issue, Schwab displayed a table with 500 DVDs, CDs
and books, all counterfeit and from China. If Chinese officials raided a
business and found 500 counterfeit goods they could potentially send those
involved to jail. But if 499 fakes were discovered, the officials would only
seize the goods and impose administrative fines.
"The thresholds create a safe harbor for the pirates, and the pirates are
only too willing to take shelter there," Schwab said.
On the other counts, Schwab said fake goods seized at the border can still be
sold in China if the infringing logos were removed and that pirates do not wait
for government censors before they start selling their illegal wares.
Lyle Vander Schaaf, a Washington-based intellectual property law expert, said
China has taken steps to improve its intellectual property rights protections,
but hasn't been able to keep up with demand in its marketplace.
"The problem has gotten worse rather than better and the Bush
administration has been sitting back, rather patiently, trying to work with
China and the problem hasn't gotten better," Vander Schaaf said. "If
they didn't do it now, when would they?"
The case will give the administration more leverage in negotiations with China,
he said. But given the breadth of the problem, intellectual property rights
should continue to be a concern.
"It's going to be years before China gets to where the developed world
wants them to be," Vander Schaaf said.
Stephanie Lester, vice president of international trade at the Retail Industry
Leaders Association, a Washington lobbying group, said: "There's been so
much pent-up pressure with China, you're just seeing some of the steam being
released."
We
received numerous emails like this one so my hopes were high
Hi there,
This email is to inform Mr. Jack Kloepfer. My name is Arby Leon and I am in the website development industry. Unfortunately I come a cross a lot of these website where the Chinese companies simply steal not only the websites but the actual product itself.
I suggest that if you contacts google.com they will for sure ban the Chinese website. That will penalize them for at least 6 months even if they remove your pages off of their site immediately. I would highly recommend you doing just that! I hope this information is helpful to you.
Thank you,
Arby
arby@cia-i.com
T.
F.
Computer Intelligence Associates, Inc.
Our Outfitter based trade organization has offered to
help, and I will be requesting that members send emails to their Congressmen
and Senators.
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Original Message -----
From: David Brown
To: info@jpwinc.com
Sent:
Subject: Website theft
Jack:
We will
write this company. I also suggest documenting all the theft, if you
haven’t already. I can also call the State Department and find someone
who deals with these issues if you need that help.
David Brown
Executive Director
Fax
I received this email from Keli
Keach the ecommerce director of NRS (
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Original Message -----
From: Keli Keach
To: Jack Kloepfer
Sent:
Subject: Re: web site theft
Hello Jack,
Thank you for writing us concerning your website copy theft and I'm sorry to
hear this has happened to you. I am the e-Commerce Manager for NRS and wanted
to send you a few resources that I thought could help. Web laws are tough
because of international borders, but search engines like Google are usually
good at protecting the original owners of website copy.
Here is a link to a web archive. This could help prove that the copy was yours
first. Just type your home page into the box and click on the "take me
back" button.
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
Here is a link from a company called Copyscape.com. They are a resource to help
companies understand copy theft and what you can do if it happens to your
website. This has a ton of good information, starting with notifying the
company of that you are aware of the theft and telling them they need to remove
it.
http://www.copyscape.com/campaign.php
Let me know if you have any questions or if you need help with any of this, I
would be happy to assist you.
Sincerely,
Keli Keach
NRS - E-Commerce Manager
Ph.
Fax
keli@nrsweb.com
www.nrsweb.com