Counterfeit Goods and the Public's Health and Safety
International Intellectual Property Institute Report
60 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2009
Date Written: July 1, 2003
Abstract
Counterfeiting is a recognized problem for the intellectual property legal system and its economic and financial consequences are well documented. Media and industry reports and anecdotal stories often assert that there are public health and safety consequences to counterfeiting but no quantitative or qualitative measures in support are presented nor have studies been conducted. This is the first study to systematically review available materials in an effort to define the problem and begin the scientific study of counterfeit goods as a disease mechanism.
Keywords: counterfeiting, counterfeit goods, safety, intellectual property, public health
JEL Classification: K32, O34
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