Author: A-CAPP Center

  The Use of Cues in the Consumer Product Authentication Process   Zoltan-Levente Fejes and Jeremy Wilson, 2013   The proliferation of counterfeit goods has made product authentication increasingly important, with consumers and end users playing greater roles in the authentication process.  Determining the degree to which infringing products can deceive customers is crucial for […]

  Victims and Reporting of Counterfeit Products On-Line: Evidence from Complaint Data Jeremy Wilson, Thomas Holt and Justin Heinonen, 2013   The growing pace of e-commerce has facilitated the sale and distribution of counterfeit products. Yet little remains known about victims of counterfeit products sold on-line. We use 2009 and 2010 complainant data from the […]

  Product Counterfeiting in Michigan and the Expectations and Priorities for State and Local Law Enforcement: Assessing the Awareness of and Response to the Problem Click here to read the full publication Justin Heinonen, John Spink and A-CAPP Center Staff, 2012   The crime of product counterfeiting is growing in scope, scale, and threat. These […]

  A Private Sector Perspective for Building Public-Private Partnerships When Investigating Counterfeit Products Rod Kinghorn, 2012   Public-private partnerships are an important tool for combating product counterfeiting. This Backgrounder provides insight on developing successful partnerships based on a career of developing and managing them for a multi-national corporation. In the past decade, there has been […]

  Product Counterfeiting at the State Level: An Empirical Examination of Michigan-Related Incidents Click here to read the full publication Justin Heinonen and Jeremy Wilson, 2012   Product counterfeiting represents a range of criminal activities associated with intellectual property rights infringement of material goods. Virtually, any product, from pharmaceuticals and food to auto parts and […]