Intellectual property crime

Overview

Button, M., Hock, B., & Shepherd, D. (2022). Economic crime: from conception to response [Chapter 6 - Intellectual Property Crime]. Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003081753/economic-crime-mark-button-branislav-hock-david-shepherd

Chaudhry, P. E., & Zimmerman, A. (2009). The economics of counterfeit trade: Governments, consumers, pirates and intellectual property rights. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-77835-6

EUIPO & Europol. (2024). Uncovering the ecosystem of intellectual property crime: a focus on enablers and impact. https://www.euipo.europa.eu/en/publications/uncovering-the-ecosystem-of-intellectual-property-crime-a-focus-on-enablers-and-impact

Heinonen, J. A., Spink, J., & Wilson, J. M. (2017). When crime events defy classification: the case of product counterfeiting as white-collar crime. Security Journal, 30(2), 621-639. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/sj.2014.18

Kennedy, J. P. (2020). Counterfeit products online. In T. Holt & M.Bossler (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of international cybercrime and cyberdeviance (pp. 1001-1024). Palgrave. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-78440-3_46

Wall, D. S., & Large, J. (2010). Jailhouse frocks: locating the public interest in policing counterfeit luxury fashion goods. The British Journal of Criminology, 50(6), 1094-1116. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azq048

Statistics

EUIPO. (2024). Economic impact of counterfeiting in the clothing, cosmetics, and toy sectors in the EU. https://euipo.europa.eu/tunnel-web/secure/webdav/guest/document_library/observatory/documents/reports/2024_Clothing_Cosmetics_Toys/2024_Economic_Impact_of_counterfeiting_in_clothing_cosmetics_toys_FullR_en.pdf

EUIPO. (2024). EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market 2023. https://www.euipo.europa.eu/en/publications/eu-enforcement-of-intellectual-property-rights-2024

Haq, S., Schling, I., & Taylor, L. (2021). Counterfeit goods research - Wave 2. Intellectual Property Office. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ipo-counterfeit-goods-research-wave-2

Haq, S., Schling, I., & Taylor, L. (2021). Online copyright infringement tracker - Wave 11. Intellectual Property Office. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-copyright-infringement-tracker-survey-11th-wave

OECD & EUIPO. (2021). Global trade in fakes: A worrying threat. https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/report-on-trade-in-fakes

OECD & EUIPO. (2022). Dangerous fakes: trade in counterfeit goods that pose health, safety and environmental risks. https://doi.org/10.1787/117e352b-en

OECD. (2017). Trade in counterfeit products and the UK economy: fake goods, real losses. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/trade-in-counterfeit-products-and-the-uk-economy_9789264279063-en

WCO. (2023). Illicit trade report 2023. https://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/enforcement-and-compliance/resources/publications.aspx

Impact

Fink, C., Maskus, K. E., & Qian, Y. (2016). The economic effects of counterfeiting and piracy: A review and implications for developing countries. The World Bank Research Observer, 31(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkv010

Mages, R., & Kubic, T. T. (2016). Counterfeit medicines: threat to patient health and safety. Pharmaceuticals Policy and Law, 18(1-4), 163-177. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/PPL-160441

O'Hagan, A., & Garlington, A. (2018). Counterfeit drugs and the online pharmaceutical trade, a threat to public safety. Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal, 6(3), 151-158. http://doi.org/10.15406/frcij.2018.06.00200

UODC. (2023). Trafficking in medical products in the Sahel. https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tocta_sahel/TOCTA_Sahel_medical_2023.pdf

Online Trade

Burdon, T. (2021). The role of online marketplaces in enhancing consumer protection. OECD. https://goingdigital.oecd.org/data/notes/No7_ToolkitNote_ConsumerProtection.pdf

Lavorgna, A. (2015). The online trade in counterfeit pharmaceuticals: new criminal opportunities, trends and challenges. European Journal of Criminology, 12(2), 226-241. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1477370814554722

Shepherd, D. Whitman, K., Wilson, J., & Baloka, A. (2023). Practices used by online marketplaces to tackle the trade in counterfeits. WIPO. https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=624891

Criminal Enterprises

Antonopoulos, G., Hall, A., Large, J., & Shen, A. (2020). Counterfeit goods fraud: an account of its financial management. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 26, 357-378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-019-09414-6

EUIPO (2020). IP crime and its link to other serious crimes: focus on poly-criminality. https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/ip-crime-and-its-link-to-other-serious-crimes-focus-poly-criminality

Lord, N., Flores Elizondo, C. J., & Spencer, J. (2017). The dynamics of food fraud: the interactions between criminal opportunity and market (dys) functionality in legitimate business. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 17(5), 605-623. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895816684539

Social Media

Chaudhry, P. E. (2022). Dupe influencers exploiting social media to peddle luxury fakes. Business Horizons. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2022.07.005

Kennedy, J., O’Dell, M., & Ching, L. (2021). The sociotechnical evolution of product counterfeiting: how social media, social networks, and social commerce are ‘e-socializing’ product counterfeiting. Michigan State University Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection.

https://a-capp.msu.edu/article/the-sociotechnical-evolution-of-product-counterfeiting-how-social-media-social-networks-and-social-commerce-are-e-socializing-product-counterfeiting/

Shepherd, D., Whitman, K., Button, M., & Wilson, J. M. (2023). The impact of deviant social media influencers and consumer characteristics on purchasing counterfeit goods. Deviant Behavior, 44(12), 1746-1760. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2023.2233041

Enforcement

EC & EUIPO. (2023). Report on the EU customs enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the internal market 2022. https://www.euipo.europa.eu/en/publications/eu-enforcement-of-iprs-results-at-the-eu-border-and-in-the-eu-internal-market-2022-november-2023

EC. (2021). Report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries. https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news/counterfeit-remains-top-priority-eus-efforts-intellectual-property-protection-2021-04-28_en

EC. (2022). Counterfeit and piracy watch list. https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-publishes-latest-counterfeit-and-piracy-watch-list-2022-12-01_en

IPO. (2021). IP crime and enforcement report 2020-21. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-ip-crime-and-enforcement-report-2020-to-2021

Protection

Howell, C., & Bainbridge, D. (2014). Intellectual property asset management: how to identify, protect, manage and exploit intellectual property within the business environment. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Intellectual-Property-Asset-Management-How-to-identify-protect-manage-and-exploit-intellectual-property-within-the-business-environment/Howell-Bainbridge/p/book/9780415527927?srsltid=AfmBOooJnJPkRBXxUqDfRLyoT9Mrl5AiodhHgzCgsdij3U6r1m4GYrYA

Wilson, J. M. (2017). The future of brand protection: responding to the global risk. Journal of Brand Management, 24(3), 271-283. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41262-017-0032-x

Wilson, J. M. (Ed.). Brand protection and the global risk of product counterfeits: a total business solution approach. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/portsmouth-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7054849

Wilson, J. M., & Kinghorn, R. (2014). Brand protection as a total business solution. Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection Paper Series, Michigan State University. https://a-capp.msu.edu/article/brand-protection-as-a-total-business-solution/

Wilson, J. M., & Sullivan, B. A. (2016). Brand owner approaches to assessing the risk of product counterfeiting. Journal of Brand Management, 23(3), 327-344. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/bm.2016.10

Wilson, J. M., Grammich, C., & Chan, F. (2016). Organizing for brand protection and responding to product counterfeit risk: An analysis of global firms. Journal of Brand Management, 23(3), 345-361. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/bm.2016.12

Organisations

AACS Alliance Against Counterfeit Spirits

ACG Anti-Counterfeting Group

AAPA Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance

A-CAPP Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection

BPI British Phonographic Industry - Copyright Protection Unit

EUIPO EU Intellectual Property Office

FACT Federation Against Copyright Theft

FAST Federation Against Software Theft

FCPA Film Content Protection Agency

IPO (UK) Intellectual Property Office

IACC International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition