The press-release of the Russian Customs' press service, obtained by RIA Novosti on Wednesday, reads that Mr. Lobzenko briefed the US delegation's members on the Customs' work following adoption of the new Customs Code pointing out that there had been no major problems for the past six months.
"The U.S. assistant secretary of commerce took special interest in the customs' efforts in protecting the intellectual property. He stated that the U.S. side appreciated the Russian customs' work in this area and in facilitating U.S. equipment import to Russiam," reads the document.
The press-release points out that recently the Russian customs have started to exert more and more vigorous efforts to interdict counterfeit's export focusing on protecting copyright and allied rights. The customs have received recommendations enabling them to detect pirate CDs and cassettes more reliably. "As early as in the end of June, the customs authorities detected and destroyed a large counterfeit audio carriers consignment intended for shipment to Germany", the document points out.
Besides, much attention is paid to protecting registered trademarks in Russia's territory. "Currently, the Intellectual Property Articles Register maintained by the Russian State Customs Committee contains 122 trademarks, additional 250 being considered", says the press service.
The sides discussed development of the Clear-Pack project, pointing out the program's success, reads the president-release. As reminded in the document, the Clear-Pack project covers providing early information on the goods shipped from the U.S. to reduce traffic delays and cargo storage costs.
