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IndustryWeek March 1, 2009 Jill Jusko |
Thwarting Counterfeiters: By the Numbers Federal agencies recorded nearly 15,000 seizures of fake or pirated goods in fiscal 2008, according to annual statistics released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. |
InternetNews October 4, 2004 Roy Mark |
U.S. Launches New Anti-Piracy Campaign U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick says Internet and sophisticated duplication technology have taken piracy to unprecedented levels. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 |
Uniting Business to Fight Fakes Vivendi's Jean-Rene Fourtou, former International Chamber of Commerce head, talks about a new coordinated counteroffensive against counterfeiting. |
InternetNews May 24, 2005 Roy Mark |
House Closes Counterfeiting Loopholes The U.S. House voted to close two loopholes in federal law that allow counterfeiters to avoid prosecution and profit from illegal activities. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Frederik Balfour |
Fakes! The global counterfeit business is out of control, targeting everything from computer chips to life-saving medicines. Pick any product from any well-known brand, and chances are there's a counterfeit version of it out there. It's so bad that even China may need to crack down. |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Gotcha! Catching Counterfeits Seizures of counterfeit goods climbed 83% in 2006. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Foiling the Fakes: By the Numbers Value of counterfeit seizures rises 27% in 2007. |
CFO June 1, 2008 Randy Myers |
Counter Attack As phony goods flood the market, companies fight to protect their brands. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency blames counterfeit merchandise for the loss of more than 750,000 American jobs. |
Chemistry World July 25, 2012 |
Drugs Top EU Counterfeit Imports In 2011, EU customs officers stopped 115 million products suspected of violating intellectual property rights. Medicines top the list, accounting for 24% of those items. |
IndustryWeek June 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Counterfeiting, Piracy Continue to Thrive Globally U.S. government, associations, companies remain on the offensive to combat intellectual property theft. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2006 Pecht & Tiku |
Bogus! Electronic manufacturing and consumers confront a rising tide of counterfeit electronics. Feeding this problem is the shift of manufacturing to China, the growing sophistication of technology, and the rise of the Internet as a marketplace. |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Supply Chain Management: Foiling Fakes Counterfeit products are depriving manufacturers of revenue, harming brand integrity and in some cases, compromising safety. Manufacturers are fighting to keep phony goods out of their supply chains. |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 David Fairlamb |
Switzerland: In The EU's Tentacles? There is a creeping, semi-hostile takeover of Switzerland by the European Union occuring. More and more, Brussels is the boss, even forcing its rules on Zurich's banks. |
PC World February 2006 Spring & McLaughlin |
Fakes! Counterfeit hardware is making its way to online merchants and to stores near you. And poor performance isn't the only risk: Bogus parts can be hazardous to your health. |
National Defense June 2014 Clark Silcox |
New Strategies to Combat Counterfeit Parts Counterfeiting in the electrical sector has become a growing global problem with multiple dimensions including intellectual property theft, loss of tax revenue to governments, consumer deception, and more. |
Entrepreneur June 2007 Gwen Moran |
It's a Fake! Learn how to steer clear of counterfeit merchandise. |
Fast Company October 2008 |
Big Business in Counterfeit Goods The U.S. government made more than 13,000 seizures of counterfeit goods in 2007, 1,000 less than in 2006. But the value of those products totaled $196 million, a 27% increase from 2006. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 |
New Balance: The Cost of Copies The sneaker producer has been fighting to stop a former supplier in China from making counterfeit shoes for domestic sales and export to Europe, Japan, and Australia. |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 |
An EU-Latin America Trade Breakthrough? The European Union looks poised to score a trade victory in the U.S.'s backyard. |
IndustryWeek August 17, 2011 |
Making Sure the Price is Right Many manufacturers find themselves at a technology disadvantage when it comes to keeping tabs on the prices of their products. A new service monitors online pricing and helps spot counterfeiting. |
InternetNews April 9, 2007 Roy Mark |
U.S. Lodges Piracy Complaints Against China The United States is turning to the World Trade Organization to settle two trade disputes with China involving intellectual property rights. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2014 |
Europe Gears Up to Attack Counterfeit Medicines -- But Only Some of Them Cross-sector partnership seeks support for a pan-European system to keep fake drugs out, but obstacles are many. |
InternetNews December 14, 2010 |
White House Goes to War on Fake Online Drugs Obama administration officials announce nonprofit organization devoted to combating the trafficking of fake online goods, which they say pose both health hazards and economic threats. |
BusinessWeek July 22, 2010 Dina Bass |
Microsoft Crosses Swords with Pirates Microsoft employs digital forensics and other technologies to help law-enforcement authorities bust counterfeiter syndicates. |
Fast Company David Lumb |
Continuing Its Battle With Silicon Valley, The EU Will Probe How Ads Affect Search Results The EU commission is launching a separate investigation into how online platforms list search results and how they use customer data -- all as part of a general plan for a "unified digital market" announced last week. |
InternetNews February 29, 2008 Mike Elgan |
How Fake is Your PC? You can never be certain that any PC you buy contains all-legitimate components. Minimize the risk by shopping for reliability, not just low price. |
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 John Rossant |
Turkey At The EU's Door Turkey's decades-long quest to join the European Union looks set to take a great leap forward. But while official pronouncements sound friendly, popular opposition is rising. |
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 David Fairlamb |
Tax Harmony, EU Fracas Germany and France are raising tempers by pushing for a minimum corporate tax. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 |
Yamaha's Attempt to Brake Fakes Masayuki Hosokawa, the motorbike maker's Beijing rep, says while counterfeit bikes in China are fewer, exports of copy parts have jumped |
InternetNews September 17, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Feds Seize $87M in Counterfeit Software Sting Biggest-ever haul includes phonied Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec products. |
BusinessWeek October 10, 2005 Jeffrey E. Garten |
The Pirates Of Global Trade A new book, Illicit, calls for a global assault on contraband traffickers. |
InternetNews January 29, 2010 |
Europe Poised for Online Privacy Push EU commissioner outlines plans to update Europe's privacy laws to keep pace with the digital age. |
Home Theater May 15, 2006 Darryl Wilkinson |
McGruff, the DVD-Sniffing, Anti-Piracy Crime Dog FedEx and HM Revenue & Customs partnered in the UK to run the first major live test of using DVD-sniffing dogs to identify counterfeit DVDs concealed amongst other goods. |
Food Processing November 2007 Bob McDougall |
Risky business: Counterfeit and fake parts The savings can be short-term when replacing OEM parts and assemblies with ones of questionable origin. |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 David Blanchard |
Just In Time -- How To Fix A Leaky Supply Chain Don't let fears of counterfeiters or grey market profiteers derail your product development plans. Fight back by taking control of your supply chain. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2004 Rich Smith |
Can Sonoco Roll Up Europe? The EU casts a suspicious eye on the S.C.-based packaging firm's joint venture with Ahlstrom, that aims to reduce costs and maximize profits in the EU market for cores, a cardboard insert for rolled-up materials. |
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Simeon Bennett |
Pfizer: Civil Suits for Drug Counterfeiters Pfizer's new tactics against fake drug peddlers have allowed it to recoup more than $5 million. That's still a fraction of its lost sales. |
Chemistry World January 24, 2012 Hayley Birch |
Fake pesticides rife in Europe According to the European law enforcement agency Europol, which earlier this month published a set of recommendations for stamping out counterfeits, the trade is on the rise. |
Fast Company September 1, 2007 Cora Daniels |
Fast Talk: Adidas's Fake-Out Artist Profile on: Ray Tai, the intellectual-property enforcer in Asia for Adidas, which as an Olympic sponsor has the exclusive rights to sell Olympic-branded sportswear for the upcoming Games. |
Fast Company David Lumb |
Europe Unveils Strategy To (Finally) Compete With U.S. Tech Titans After multiple lawsuits aimed at U.S. tech titans, the European Union is proposing a unified digital marketplace for companies in all 28 member states that would compete with the likes of Facebook and Google. |
Entrepreneur July 2006 Dalia Fahmy |
Stop, Thief! Brand pirates now fake SMB products. Are you getting hurt? |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Alan W. Dowd |
A Different Course? America and Europe in the 21st Century Understanding the changes and challenges within Europe could help Americans respond to the changes and challenges facing the transatlantic community. |
InternetNews December 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
Microsoft Cheers Anti-Counterfeiting Law The measure takes aim at fake labels on software. The anti-counterfeiting bill is one of several signed by President Bush. |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2008 John Teresko |
Fighting The IP Wars The costs of protecting their IP assets, plus the threat of losing market share to overseas black markets, have U.S. manufacturers fighting mad, and they're learning how to protect their turf. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2006 Sarah Houlton |
Global Report: 'Bout Time The European Union has been late to enter the fight against counterfeiting. Fed up, Parliament has passed a proposal designed to give its countries the nudge they need. |
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 David Fairlamb |
A Family Feud Could Hobble The EU In the European union's corridors of power, the four biggest and economically strongest countries -- Germany, France, Britain, and Italy -- have always called the shots. Those days, however, may be gone forever. |
The Motley Fool June 4, 2004 Rich Smith |
EU Is a Banana Republic The European Union intends to drop banana import quotas in name only. This could impact some stocks. |