Book Review: "Anti-Counterfeiting: Practice and Procedure"
This Kat is pleased to put her paws on Anti-Counterfeiting: Practice and Procedure , written by Ralph Wehrle, a solicitor with over 25 years of experience in the area. The book provides an overview of the criminal and civil law applicable in England and Wales, as well as other actions that may be taken to prevent counterfeiting. The book is divided into seven parts. In Part I, some highlights of the trade in infringing products are provided. First, the distinction between counterfeit and pirated goods is established, recognizing that the term counterfeit �is often used colloquially to refer to any product that imitates a genuine one but has been produced and/or distributed without the appropriate authority of a rights holder�. For the author, however, �counterfeit" refers to a product infringing a trademark, while "pirated" refers to a product infringing copyright. Various trends in relation to the industries worst affected by counterfeiting (e.g. fashion and pharmace...