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Article: FRANCE, ITALY FOCUSING ON COPYRIGHTS, COUNTERFEITS.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- September 14, 2005
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Byline: Luisa Zargani
MILAN -- The fashion bodies of Italy and France are increasingly teaming up to work on key issues, and the hot topics of copyright protection in the U.S. and counterfeits will be next.
During a press conference held in Milan on Tuesday, Mario Boselli and Didier Grumbach, the heads of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana and Chambre Syndicale, respectively, blamed the loss of business and industry jobs on the overpowering digital flow of information and the manufacture and sale of counterfeit goods. They said the need to protect intellectual property in the U.S. is no longer deferrable. Their statements follow a request by the two ...