Trademark counterfeiting

A trademark as a word or symbol that helps a producer to identify his products should be under the control of rules and regulations to prevent consumer confusion and protect business goodwill.

In most developed countries, governments have strict trademark laws to prevent from trademark infringements (using someone else's trademark).

Counterfeiting is common form of trademark breach which occurs when a manufacturer produces goods look like the other producer's and use its trademark for his products. Trademark counterfeiting hurts both consumers (because of lower quality) and the owner of trademark (by losing reputation and business goodwill.

By the way, the owner of trademark can recover any profits lost as a result of the counterfeiting and even charge the criminal up to 3 times of real damages which can be considered as a huge reward!

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