Topic: Country/Region Specific

  IP Rights in the Middle East: Cultural Complexities Behind Legal Enforcement Read the full paper Kari Kammel, 2020 The enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights varies widely from country to country. This article will examine the cultural context enveloping the enforcement of IP rights in the Middle East and posit some ideas for companies […]

  Examining Trademark Counterfeiting Legislation, Free Trade Zones, Corruption and Culture in the Context of Illicit Trade: The United States and United Arab Emirates Read the full article Kari Kammel, 2020 This Paper seeks to explore the complex dynamics of illicit trade, specifically the trade in counterfeit goods, the legal framework of two countries for […]

  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 […]

  Explaining Consumer Demand for Counterfeit Goods: Social Learning or Low Self-Control? Zoltán Levente Fejes, 2017   Two competing theoretical explanations for the knowing purchase of counterfeit goods are Akers’ Social Learning Theory and Gottfredson and Hirschi’s Low Self-Control Theory. This A-CAPP Center Backgrounder reports results of a survey among Romanian university students about volitional […]

  An Empirical Examination of Product Counterfeiting Crime Impacting the U.S. Military Read the full article Brandon Sullivan and Jeremy Wilson, 2017 Counterfeit parts in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) supply chain threaten national security by compromising critical military operations and placing the lives of military service members at risk. With the goal of […]