The Economics of Counterfeit Trade: Governments, Consumers, Pirates and Intellectual Property Rights

by Alan Zimmerman and Peggy E. Chaudhry

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642096638
• ISBN13: 9783642096631
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"