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The Economics of Counterfeit Trade: Governments, Consumers, Pirates and Intellectual Property Rights
Chaudhry, Peggy E.; Zimmerman, Alan (College Of Staten Island At Cuny)
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Description for The Economics of Counterfeit Trade: Governments, Consumers, Pirates and Intellectual Property Rights
paperback. Walk down any main street in Paris or New York and there is evidence of the counterfeit goods trade. This is the first book to fully examine the size of the counterfeit market. It describes counterfeit trade from a global and strategic business perspective. Num Pages: 209 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 32 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCBM; LNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 328.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Germany
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642096631
SKU
V9783642096631
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
Reviews for The Economics of Counterfeit Trade: Governments, Consumers, Pirates and Intellectual Property Rights
From the reviews: "This research-based volume not only reviews the history of counterfeiting, estimates the size of the market … and lists the stakeholders who are harmed, but also documents the way consumers and company managers respond, studies enforcement and IPR organizations, explores some of the social marketing techniques that have been used to discourage ... Read more