Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights Understanding the Role
Counterfeit products represent a growing problem for a wide range of industries. There are many estimates of the size of this problem most of which coalesce around $500-billion annually on a global basis. Overall, a wide range of industries agree that the
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Peggy Chaudhry
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Alan Zimmerman
Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights Understanding the Role of Management, Governments, Consumers and Pirates
Peggy Chaudhry Villanova School of Business Villanova University Villanova, PA, USA
Alan Zimmerman City University of New York College of Staten Island Staten Island, NY, USA
ISSN 2192-8096 ISSN 2192-810X (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4614-5567-7 ISBN 978-1-4614-5568-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5568-4 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012951629 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
I would like to devote the book to my family. I want to recognize my husband, Sohail, for his endless encouragement of my research endeavors. I sincerely acknowledge my parents, Dave and Evelyn, who always supported my career aspirations. Finally, I thank my children, Matt and Aeysha, for giving me the motivation to succeed. Dr. Peggy Chaudhry This book is dedicated to my family whose interest and help has been invaluable. First, to my wife Lori for her unstinting encouragement. Also to the next generation: Craig, Dan, Howie, Karen, and Matt and their respective partner
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