Business Administration are in charge of regulating intellectual property infringement in China. When reports are filed the Industry and Business Administration will contact the police to enforce the law. The police will not do much about it because counterfeit software and products provide the people of China with affordable necessity. On the other hand‚ Intellectual property is heavily protected in the U.S. By filing Patent‚ Copyright or Trademark individuals are able to protect their property and have
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piracy and counterfeits. Many luxury branded companies havetheir exclusive brand names stolen by counterfeits producers. Likewise producers ofcomputer software‚ music‚ and movies are affected by individuals who download/streamtheir items for free. Consumers’ attitudes towards counterfeiting and piracy are importantto examine as to understand their acceptance and rejection towards counterfeits and piracy.The purpose of this thesis is to examine consumers’ attitudes towards counterfeits andpiracy.
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was punishable by death. During the American Revolution‚ counterfeiting was so rampant‚ especially by the British‚ the colonial currency was deemed nearly worthless. While during the Civil War‚ almost a half of all the currency in circulation was counterfeit. At the time‚ almost 1‚600 state banks printed their own bills; and each bank carried a different design‚ making it difficult to
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diminished currency’. Emsley‚ Hitchcock and Shoemaker goes further to state that coining offences can include: ‘coining (counterfeiting coins)’‚ ‘possessing moulds for the manufacture of coins’‚ ‘manufacturing counterfeit paper money‚ banknotes or bills of exchange’ and ‘possessing counterfeit money or putting it in into circulation ("uttering")’. Furthermore‚ ‘The statute farther enacts‚ that to . . . colour‚ gild‚ or case over any coin resembling the current coin . . . shall be construed high treason
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due to the difficulty to catch direct infringers who sell counterfeit or other infringing products on the internet‚ as they can easily mask their identities and avoid liabilities by shutting down and reopen under different domain name. So the intellectual property owners have turned to enforce their trademark and copyrights against internet-based infringers‚ and try to impose liabilities on parties that have some involvement in counterfeit or infringing product transactions rather than imposing liabilities
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that could fund our schools and our roads…” Since this is her belief her purpose is to inform readers about counterfeit goods. She gives many statistics on how bad counterfeiting goods can be. “Since 1982‚ the global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods has grown from an estimated $5.5 billion to approximately $600 billion annually.” She continues to give a few examples of counterfeit goods. “The Food and Drug Administration has
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liable should infringement occur‚ and simply because the internet makes it easier for pirates to sell counterfeit items. 4. The Tiffany vs. eBay case established that trademark owners re responsible for policing for counterfeit items when their products are sold in an online marketplace. Tiffany conducted studies finding that a large percentage of ‘Tiffany’ items sold on eBay were counterfeit. In an attempt to stop this‚ Tiffany made several demands to eBay. One of which‚ eBay refused‚ resulting
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tens of thousands of deaths per year. There is an increasing rate of counterfeits threatening the global health and safety of consumers. Billions of dollars are lost annually due to counterfeiting and some companies have completely given up on looking for counterfeit products‚ the reasoning is that it isn’t worth it because it is so big and the profitability of the actual legal sales more than offset the losses due to counterfeits. The alternatives for fighting piracy and counterfeiting have inevitably
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corporate property for personal gain; and Individual tax violations related to self-dealing. Counterfeiting Counterfeit currency and security documents The crime of counterfeiting currency is as old as the creation of money itself. Recent developments in photographic‚ computer and printing technologies‚ along with the availability of low-cost equipment‚ have made the production of counterfeit money relatively easy. Criminals often use stolen or fake identity documents in order to carry out financial
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1. What actions can companies and governments take to ensure that products cannot be easily pirates? Be specific. To ensure that products cannot be easily pirates‚ it is necessary for companies and governments to arrange a legal copyright system and develop appropriate organizations‚ and further raise the consciousness of copyright among every nation. It is necessary that companies and governments take the initiative to comprehend the reality of copyright infringements and institute litigation to
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