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Students Need Expanded Skills to Compete in a digital world; media and IP literacy matter

September 15, 2020 Bruce Berman

With the growth of fake news and digital piracy, the ability to access, analyze and evaluate using all forms of communication, known as media literacy,

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Cost and Sources of Global Intellectual Property Theft include China and the U.S.

July 23, 2020 Bruce Berman

The estimated global value of counterfeit and pirated products in 2015 was an estimated $1.7 trillion. It is at least $500 billion higher today. This

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China is seeking to place Wang Binying as Dir General of the World Intellectual Property Organization

December 16, 2019 Bruce Berman

Beijing hopes place the next Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the leading association for establishing global standards for the protection IP. 

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Counterfeit Goods are a Tool for Terrorism, joint EU report findings show

October 22, 2019 Bruce Berman

Most criminal activity involving counterfeiting is carried out by increasingly “professionalised” organized crime networks and suggest it is being use to support a range of

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‘Fakes’ cost the EU more than 60 billion EUR annually; smaller nations suffer most

October 2, 2019 Bruce Berman

Counterfeit goods cost the UK, Italy and Germany the most lost revenue in the EU. However, Romania, Bulgaria and Lithuania are the hardest hit nations

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Study: 57% of ‘Gen Z’ believe that it is better to support local counterfeiters rather than big companies

May 28, 2019 Bruce Berman

A recently released study from a leading IP organization has found that persons born in Generation Z, the group immediately following Millennials, are conflicted when

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97% of Europeans regard IP rights favorably; 41% ages 15-24 believe it is sometimes OK to buy counterfeits

May 1, 2017 Bruce Berman

When it comes to intellectual property rights Europeans are highly respectful, except among the young, where buying counterfeits has gown. That is the primary take-away

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Trade in counterfeit & pirated goods is $.5 trillion – 2.5% of all imports

February 7, 2017 Bruce Berman

“Fakes,” or counterfeit products, are a growing menace that deplete resources, threaten jobs and endanger lives.  A report compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

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Bill Introduced to Criminalize Purchase of Counterfeits in NYC

June 24, 2013 Bruce Berman

Legislation would make NY the first U.S. city to prosecute buyers of fake goods with jail terms of up to one year. The New York

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