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"Piracy of Material Goods"
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Apr 2010
Intellectual Property: Observations on Efforts to Quantify the Economic Effects of Counterfeit and Pirated Goods
Author: Loren Yager, Christine Broderick, Jeremy Latimer, Catherine Gelb, Pedro Almoguera, Shirley Brothwell, Karen Deans, Matthew Jones, Diahanna Post
Publisher:
US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Washington, DC
The PRO-IP Act of 2008 directed GAO to provide information on the quantification of the impacts of counterfeit and pirated goods on the economy and industries of the US to help the US government better protect the IP of rights holders. More on «Intellectual Property: Observations on Efforts to Quantify the Economic Effects of Counterfeit and Pirated Goods»
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