“Pirates of Globalization”
Read the Case History, “Pirates of Globalization,” on pages 102-104 in your text.
Write a two-page paper, typed and double-spaced, in which you respond to each of the following questions.
- What more do you think the international business community could do to protect their intellectual property rights?
- Are international companies simply afraid to speak out against counterfeiting in potentially lucrative emerging markets for fear of being denied access to them?
- By using the latest technologies, people can often create perfect clones of original works. How are the Internet and the latest digital technologies influencing intellectual property laws?
- Locate information on the Tiffany versus eBay lawsuit and identify each side’s arguments and who prevailed. What are the implications of that lawsuit for the sale of counterfeits in online auctions
Answer preview
The case study, Pirates of Globalization, brings out the severity of the production of counterfeit goods globally. The unfortunate aspect is that the pirates are modifying the intellectual property patents to create clones of the products and then they end up using the internet to sell the products (Heinonen, et al., 2012). Innocent online auction sites end up in trouble for unknowingly selling those products causing the original manufactures to sue them…
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