Detecting Online Counterfeit-goods Seller using Connection Discovery

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ming Cheung ◽  
James She ◽  
Weiwei Sun ◽  
Jiantao Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Counterfeit Goods

The economic value and determinants of tourists’ counterfeit purchases: The case of Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Pratt ◽  
Christine YH Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Counterfeit Goods ◽  
Intrinsic Factors ◽  
Extrinsic And Intrinsic Factors

Counterfeiting of fashion brands is a multi-billion dollar industry with an increasing number of goods being counterfeited. This research takes a demand-side approach to measuring counterfeiting activity among tourists in Hong Kong. Non-deceptive counterfeit purchases by tourists in Hong Kong amount to US$761.32 million per year. Tourists’ decision of whether to purchase counterfeit goods depended on a mix of extrinsic and intrinsic factors including psychometric variables, trip-related characteristics, and sociodemographics. Lowering the prices of genuine goods and explaining the risks of purchasing counterfeit goods would be the most effective anti-counterfeit measures. However, lowering the price of genuine goods can diminish the brand image of these luxury items.

scholarly journals An Evaluative Study of Criminalistics: A Case of South African Counterfeiting and Knock-Off Menace

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Godfrey Thenga
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Capital Flight ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Counterfeit Goods ◽  
Evaluative Study ◽  
The World

Counterfeit goods are a health hazard to human life, environment and business. More so as the goods destroy the viability of legitimate businesses across the world. Counterfeit goods are characterized as a threat to the financial viability of legitimate businesses and has a dire impact on the tax revenue of countries, necessitating its effective and efficient policing for the financial wellbeing of countries. If not well managed, counterfeit goods could lead to unemployment, disinvestment and capital flight in countries. The available evidence reveals that even though counterfeit goods has dire consequences for the economic wellbeing of countries, its penalties in most African countries are less severe in comparison to penalties for other crimes. The sight of counterfeit goods in many places, such as on busy street corners and transportation terminals in the Southern parts of Africa, attests to its prevalence in the continent. Especially in South Africa as the country has become a transit point for contrabands. Post 1994, South Africa opened its borders to the world of branded and protected goods and this enabled rogue people to trade in counterfeit goods. Effective policing is hindered by the use of sophisticated skills and expertise that leads to counterfeit goods resembling genuine goods. Moreover, in South Africa, the problem persists despite the promulgation of the Counterfeit Goods Act 37 of 1997, thus questioning the effectiveness of the policing strategies in use to quell the problem.

scholarly journals Blockchain-Based Traceability for Anti-Counterfeit in Cross-Border E-Commerce Transactions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 11057
Author(s):  
Heongu Lee ◽  
Changhak Yeon
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Information Uncertainty ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Counterfeit Goods ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
Cross Border

Cross-border e-commerce, involving international product transactions via online and mobile platforms, is growing at a dramatic rate around the globe. One of the main concerns of brand firms is preventing counterfeit products from being sold under their names on e-commerce platforms. Counterfeit goods not only create economic losses to both the supply and demand sides, but also undermine efforts to improve sustainability. Proliferating counterfeits harm the brands of supply firms and trust in selling e-commerce platforms. In addition, they discourage participants in the supply chain from investing in social and environmental sustainability. If end-customers have access to detailed and comprehensive product information with a traceability system that can help overcome information uncertainty and asymmetry, losses can be prevented. The result of the pilot test has shown that securely shared in-depth product information among supply chain stakeholders from the supply side to end-customers can help prevent counterfeit goods from proliferating further by enabling consumers to determine the authenticity of products and report forgeries before paying.

scholarly journals THE BLACK MARKET IN CASE OF SOCIALISM AND THE MARKET OF COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS IN MODERN CONDITIONS

2017 ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Leyla Eldar Gyzy Mamedova ◽  
Valeriy Dmitrievich Polskiy
Keyword(s):  
Market Economy ◽  
Black Market ◽  
Counterfeit Goods ◽  
Counterfeit Products

This article is devoted to a role of commodity and monetary deficit in formation and development of the black market in case of socialism and the market of counterfeit products in modern conditions. Comparison of the markets on the example of the elementary models and theoretical judgment of the place and a role of the market of counterfeit goods in market economy is carried out. Interaction of the market of standard goods and counterfeit products is revealed. Interaction of the market of standard goods and counterfeit products; the prospect of its development is revealed.

scholarly journals Absolute optical chiral analysis using cavity-enhanced polarimetry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lykourgos Bougas ◽  
joseph byron ◽  
Dmitry Budker ◽  
Jonathan Williams
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Enantiomeric Excess ◽  
Chiral Analysis ◽  
In Situ Observation ◽  
Complex Environments ◽  
Gaseous Mixtures ◽  
Counterfeit Goods ◽  
Chiral Compounds ◽  
Online Quality Control ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries

Chiral analysis is central for scientific advancement in the fields of chemistry, biology, and medicine. It is also indispensable in the development and quality control of chiral compounds in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Current methods for chiral analysis, namely optical polarimetry, mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance, are either insensitive, have low time resolution, or require preparation steps, and so are unsuited for monitoring chiral dynamics within complex environments: the current need of both research and industry. Here we present the concept of absolute optical chiral analysis, as enabled by cavity-enhanced polarimetry, which allows for accurate unambiguous enantiomeric characterization and enantiomeric-excess determination of chiral compounds within complex mixtures at trace levels, without the need for calibration, even in the gas phase. The utility of this approach is demonstrated by post chromatographic analysis of complex gaseous mixtures, the rapid quality control of perfume mixtures containing chiral volatile compounds, and the online in-situ observation of chiral volatile emissions from a plant under stress. Our approach and technology offer a step change in chiral compound determination, enabling online quality control of complex chemical mixtures, identification of counterfeit goods, detection of pests on plants, and assessment of chiral emission processes from climate relevant ecosystems.

Internet Firms Become Global Regulators

Chokepoints ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Tusikov
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Counterfeit Goods ◽  
Global Regulators ◽  
Internet Firms ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Financial Interests ◽  
Online Regulation ◽  
The U.S

Having set the backdrop to the private agreements, this chapter discusses how the non-binding agreements emerged from distinct historical and political circumstances. It provides a brief historical overview that traces the growing influence of multinational rights holders on the U.S. government’s intellectual property policymaking processes from the late 1970s to 2012. The chapter then examines in detail four U.S. intellectual property bills, including the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, which proposed to reshape fundamentally the online regulation of intellectual property rights infringement. In doing so, the chapter documents a significant shift in enforcement strategy from a focus on removing problematic content (e.g., advertisements for counterfeit goods) to disabling entire websites for allegedly trafficking in counterfeit goods. The chapter argues that Internet firms have become global regulators (known as macro-intermediaries) attractive to governments and corporations for policing a wide range of social problems, including counterfeit goods. The chapter concludes that government officials from the U.S., U.K., and European Commission played a central role in pressuring Internet firms to adopt the non-binding agreements. These agreements serve strategic state interests as well as the financial interests of rights holders.

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