Topic: Education/Awareness

Kevin Hoff, Saleem Alhabash, Kari Kammel   Download the full PDF report. Copyright © 2025 Board of Trustees at Michigan State University. All Rights Reserved.

Marco Dugato*, 2024*with contribution of Mirko Nazzari and Domenico Di Giorgio Introduction The proliferation of online sales, intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, has significantly increased opportunities for the illicit market of substandard or falsified medicines (SFMs)(OECD and EUIPO 2020; Europol2021; Ahmed et al. 2022; ; EUIPO and Europol 2022; Jillani, Reinhard, and Hertig 2023). Criminals […]

Saleem Alhabash, Anastasia Kononova, Patricia Huddleston, Heijin Lee, and Moldir Moldagaliyeva, 2023 Executive Summary Trademark counterfeiting (hereinafter “counterfeiting”) is a prevalent global risk. A survey of consumers from 17 countries (N = 13,053), conducted in seven languages, examined the prevalence of counterfeit purchase behaviors and what predicts past purchase and future purchase intentions. Our approach […]

  A Five-Year Review of “Proposed Solutions to the Brand Protection Challenges and Counterfeiting Risks Faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)” Jay Kennedy, 2021 Product counterfeiting can create serious problems for businesses of all size, yet the challenges of brand protection can be substantial for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs make up […]

  Congress’s Proposed E-Commerce Legislation for Regulation of Third-Party Sellers: Why It’s Needed and How Congress Should Make It Better Read the full publication Kari Kammel and John Zacharia, 2021   When consumers buy items directly from brand owners online, consumers get exactly what they expect: the real item.  Historically, when consumers bought online through […]