Joining hands to combat the hardware counterfeiting market in India, IT
companies like HP, Canon, Epson, Logitech and Intel have teamed up with MAIT to
set up the IT Anti-Counterfeit Coali-tion (ISAAC) in India. This announcement
was made at the MAIT workshop in Mumbai on December 13, 2003.
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According to MAIT, the coalition will work closely with the industry and the
govern-ment by formulating strategies that are aimed at curbing counterfeiting
of IT products in the country from the grass-root level upward–thereby protec-ting
consumer interest. The coalition also aims to under-take special initiatives for
Judicial and enforcement auth-orities to ensure awareness against counterfeiting
in the country.
Announcing the launch of the coalition, Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director,
MAIT said, "Counterfeits are a growing concern area for the industry and we
believe that this consor-tium of IT majors, will help give an additional push in
the task of creating awareness against counterfeits and help the gove-rnment in
taking strong measu-res to tackle this menace."
CyberMedia News Service
Mumbai
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