Tag: Backgrounder

  Kari Kammel, 2022 Overview of the Criminalization of Trademark Counterfeiting Globally This A-CAPP Center backgrounder is an overview of a larger A-CAPP Center study conducted by researchers at the A-CAPP Center[1] and the Transcrime Group in Italy.[2] This study included Chapter 1 dedicated to the Illicit Trade in Counterfeit Products; Chapter 2: Illicit Firearms […]

Kari Kammel[1], 2021 In 2020, Congress initially introduced a series of bill designed to help stem the sale of trademark counterfeits by third party providers on e-commerce platforms, including the SHOP SAFE Act, INFORM Consumers Act and the SANTA Act.[2]  While a comprehensive multi-faceted approach to combat counterfeiting is vital,[3] one of the most important […]

  Partnerships and the Battle Against Product Counterfeits Brandon Sullivan, Rod Kinghorn and Jeremy Wilson, 2017   Partnerships between brand owners, governments, academics, consumers, and other stakeholders are essential to tackling the pervasive and persistent global problem of product counterfeiting. This Backgrounder highlights the importance of these partnerships, the need for widespread recognition of 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 John Spink and Justin Heinonen, 2012 The crime of product counterfeiting is growing in scope, scale, and threat. These threats impact Michigan residents, as they do others throughout the U.S. […]