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The Economics of Counterfeit Trade - Governments, Consumers, Pirates and Intellectual Property Rights (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
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The Economics of Counterfeit Trade - Governments, Consumers, Pirates and Intellectual Property Rights (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
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The expansion of world trade has brought with it an explosive
growth in counterfeit merchandise. Estimates put the world total
for counterfeit products at about one half trillion dollars
annually, although it is impossible to accurately determine the
true size of the counterfeit market. What is known is that this
illicit trade has infected nearly every industry from
pharmaceuticals to aircraft parts. Software and music piracy are
easy targets widely reported in the media. In 2007, the Business
Software Alliance (BSA) estimated that 38% of personal computer
software installed worldwide was illegal and the losses to the
software industry were $48 billion worldwide. The Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA) reported a 58% increase in
the seizures of counterfeit CDs. Overall, a wide range of
industries agree that there is a severe problem with the protection
of intellectual property rights (IPR) throughout the world, yet
there have been virtually no attempts to describe all aspects of
the problem. This work aims to give the most complete description
of various characteristics of the IPR environment in a global
context. We believe a holistic understanding of the problem must
include consumer complicity to purchase counterfeit products,
tactics of the counterfeiters (pirates) as well as actions (or
inaction) by home and host governments, and the role of
international organizations and industry alliances. This book
establishes the full environmental aspects of piracy, describes
successful anti-counterfeiting actions and then prescribes measures
IPR owners should take to protect their intellectual property.
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