Author: A-CAPP Center

  MarketSafe® Project Partnership Report View this report as a PDF MSU A-CAPP, 2020 Project Overview   Since 2017, Michigan State University (MSU) has been home to a unique and one-of-a-kind intellectual property protection partnership. MSU Licensing has collaborated with the College of Social Science’s Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP) to use the […]

  The Role of International Cooperation on Trademark Enforcement Matthew R. Maher Scholarship Paper Emily Osika, 2019 Abstract The role of international cooperation through several transnational bodies provides countries the ability to cooperate on trademark enforcement mechanisms, allow for, and develop a global agenda on trademark enforcement. This is important because trademark violations are a […]

  Request for Comments on Intellectual Property Protection for Artificial Intelligence Innovation Read the full article A-CAPP Center Staff, 2019 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is gathering information about the impact of artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies on intellectual property law and policy. To assist in gathering this information, on August 27, 2019, […]

  A-CAPP Center Product Counterfeiting Database: Insights Into Converging Crimes   Jay Kennedy, 2019 PREFACE This report is a detailed review of product counterfeiting incidents contained within the A-CAPP Center’s Product Counterfeiting Database (PCD), most of which involve pharmaceuticals, electronics, food products, and automotive parts. The PCD contains information about specific product counterfeiting schemes, including […]

  The Crime of Product Counterfeiting: A Legal Analysis of the Usage of State-Level Statutes Read the full article Kari Kammel, Brandon Sullivan and Lorryn Young, 2019 This legal analysis of the state-level trademark counterfeiting criminal enforcement framework in the United States (“U.S.”) scrutinizes the use and non-use of state statutes to prosecute and convict trademark counterfeiters. Relying […]