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7/23/2010

GAC Awards 2010

GAC Awards 2010

Christian Richard of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police receives the GAC Award for best Public Body from the Director General of French Customs Jérome Fournel at the World Anti-Counterfeiting Day event in Paris on 8th June 2010.

The winners of the twelfth annual Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards, sponsored by Reconnaissance International’s Authentication News and the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG) Network were announced in Paris on June 8th 2010 as part of the World Anti-Counterfeiting Day events organised by the Union des Fabricants. The awards were made as a continuing recognition of special achievements by organisations that have made contributions to the campaign against the trade in fakes "above and beyond the call of duty".

The winners and commendations for activities in 2008, announced today, are:

Long-term Achievement:
Benoit Battistelli, Director General, Institut National de Propriété Industrielle (INPI) France

Public Body:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Company:
Nokia China (Brand Enforcement Team)

Association:
The Anti-Counterfeiting Committee of AIM (Association des Industries de Marque)

Highly Commended:
International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC)

Highly Commended:
LEEM (Les Enterprises du Médicament), France

Media:
MCH Group SA, Switzerland.

Highly Commended:
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)


For more info and pictures look under Activities!