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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Paradise, Paul R., 1950- Trademark counterfeiting, product piracy, and the billion dollar threat to the U.S. economy. Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 1999 (OCoLC)607363456 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul R Paradise |
| ISBN: | 1567202500 9781567202502 |
| OCLC Number: | 40595613 |
| Description: | x, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Trademark counterfeiting. The importance of intellectual property ; Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act) ; Copyright Act of 1976 ; The Patent Act ; Common law background -- 2. The worldwide threat. Organized crime ; Technological advances ; Globalization of the economy ; Gray market goods ; Lack of intellectual property laws ; The threat to the U.S. business community -- 3. The trade dispute with the People's Republic of China. The 1991 Special 301 and Section 301 investigations ; China's emergence as an international pirate ; The 1994 Special 301 ; Special inforcement ; The 1996 Agreement (1996 Report on Implementation by the Chinese) ; The aftermath--Southeast Asia -- 4. The knockoff. The 1984 Trademark Counterfeiting Act ; Trouble along the border -- 5. Street peddlers and flea markets. Street peddlers ; Flea markets ; Fighting back -- 6. Pursuing the counterfeiters -- 7. The entertainment industries. Book piracy ; Film and video piracy ; Signal theft ; Pirated video games ; Music piracy -- 8. The pill pirates. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ; The drug approval process ; Drug counterfeiting in the Third World ; Assistance for the developing countries -- 9. Nuts and bolts. Counterfeit automobile parts ; Counterfeit aircraft parts -- 10. Piracy in cyberspace -- 11. Public education. Consumer demand ; Public education. |
| Responsibility: | Paul R. Paradise. |
Abstract:
Examines the impact trademark counterfeiting and product piracy have had on the United States economy, traces its history, and explains how it is done.
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- Intellectual property -- United States.
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- Product counterfeiting -- United States.
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- Intellectual property -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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