Japón

Sudáfrica

Observancia de los derechos de propiedad intelectual

12. Is the right holder informed of identities of the importers and consignors when the competent authorities "suspend" the goods which infringe on intellectual property rights or which are suspected to infringe intellectual property rights, as well as the case where the right holder is informed of identities of the importers and consignors stipulated in Article 57 of the TRIPS Agreement?

Section 10(1)(d) of the Counterfeit Goods Act provides: that the accused or the defendant or respondent (as the case may be) discloses the source from which those goods, if found to be counterfeit goods, have been obtained, as well as the identity of the persons involved or ostensibly involved in the importation, exportation, manufacture, production or making and distribution of the counterfeit goods and in the channels of distribution of those goods.