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Counterfeiting
A counterfeiting is an imitation that is made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins. The word counterfeit most frequently describes forged currency or documents, but can also describe clothing, software, pharmaceuticals, watches, or more recently, cars and motorcycles, especially when this results in patent infringement or trademark infringement.
By contrast, a knockoff item may imitate a well-known one, be sold for a lower price, and be of inferior quality, but there is usually no attempt to deceive the buyer, or infringe upon brand names, patents, trademarks or copyrights.
Cardiac counterfeiting
It’s not a defense to trademark infringement or counterfeiting that your heart is full of good intentions.
Counterfeiting Enhancement Reversed
U.S. v. Tatum, -- F.3d --, 2008 WL 554818 (10th Cir. 3/3/08) - The district court erred in imposing a six-level enhancement under § 2B1...
China Counterfeiting. Just One Among 1.3 Billion.
The PN China Blog poste on counterfeiting and poor quality products in China. The post is entitled, "A Monumental Blacklist" and it discusses why Chinese companies so frequently and confidently engage in unfair business practices (including counterfeiting) and what needs to be done to stop it...
Documentary on Counterfeiting - 8 PM Tonight on PBS
National Geographic show tonight, Illicit:
The world is under threat from a new kind of international crime wave: illicit trade in everything from knock-off Prada bags to bogus medicines, from dangerous weapons to humans themselves...
World Counterfeiting Day 2008
Following on from the IPKat's recent post about the distinct lack of global activity surrounding World Anti-Counterfeiting day, he has been reliably informed that there was indeed some activity going on, but not in the way you might expect...
Recession + E-commerce = Counterfeiting
Robert Klara wrote a very nice article: 'The Fight Against Fakes' for Brandweek.His article is about:the economic crisis and advent of e-commerce that prove to be a fatal mix for brands; trademarks are increasingly being infringed upon; if global dimension of this fatal mix is well described by Mr Klara: "The same Wild West quality of the Internet that makes it so enticing to shoppers is also why it's most terrifying for upscale brands, most of which have little hope of foiling the sale of a fake handbag made in China and bought by a customer in South Carolina from a Web site based in Estonia...
















