Topics: Investigation/Enforcement

IP Rights in the Middle East: Cultural Complexities Behind Legal Enforcement

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 looking to understand or protect their IP in this region. While not an exhaustive list, several …

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The Role of International Cooperation on Trademark Enforcement

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 global concern, in which countries and industries share an invested interest. Between the United …

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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 information about the offenders who were criminally indicted. Cases contained within …

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The Crime of Product Counterfeiting: A Legal Analysis of the Usage of State-Level Statutes

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 on state-level appellate court cases and conviction data, we found: (1) states inconsistently use and interpret criminal anticounterfeiting statutes across …

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Citizens Support for Local Law Enforcement to Anti-Counterfeiting Activities

Jay Kennedy, Matthew Maher & Asia Campbell, 2019 Product counterfeiting is a global crime that can have substantial effects within local communities, particularly with regard to its impact on citizens. Undertaking anti-counterfeiting activities at the local level requires law enforcement agencies to direct resources toward a non-traditional crime problem. Yet, it is unclear whether citizens …

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The 2017 A-CAPP Center Brand Protection Strategy Summit: Issues and Best Practices in Partnerships, Return on Investment, and E-Commerce

Clifford A. Grammich and Jeremy Wilson, 2018 Since its launch as the first academic body focusing on the complexities of anti-counterfeiting and product protection, the Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP Center) at Michigan State University (MSU) has sought closer partnerships with brand owners. The 2017 Brand Protection Strategy Summit, the third such summit …

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Illicit Market for Counterfeit Products at Small Businesses in Michigan

Brandon Sullivan, Jeremy Wilson, Ross Militz, 2017 Research on small businesses facilitating illicit markets and the efforts of nonfederal law enforcement agencies to identify these small business offenders has been scant. This exploratory study examines the illicit market for counterfeit products sold through small businesses in the State of Michigan. This article was published in …

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The 2016 A-CAPP Center Brand Protection Strategy Summit: Emerging Challenges and Progress

Clifford A. Grammich and Jeremy Wilson, 2016 Since its launch as the first academic body focusing on the complexities of anti-counterfeiting and product protection, the Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP Center) at Michigan State University (MSU) has sought closer partnerships with brand owners. The 2016 Brand Protection Strategy Summit, the second such summit …

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Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting in the US: Differentiating Dimensions of the Risk

Justin Heinonen and John Spink, 2010 Despite the potentially staggering economic, public safety, and health impact of product counterfeiting generally and pharmaceutical counterfeiting specifically, there are virtually no reliable, systemic data on the problem and no publicly available sources for detailed information on incidents. To address this, Michigan State University’s Anti‐Counterfeiting and Product Protection Program …

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