On January 11, 2010, the National Human Trafficking Awareness Month was launched in the United States. With regard to people committing human trafficking, there is a terrible abuse of children, and some abuse is too difficult to even speak, much less fantasize. Have you ever wondered who makes these "cheap" fakes GUCCI? Are these DKNY items on street corners? Many of them may well participate in child labor, some of which are akin to slavery.
I recently spoke with a friend who is deeply involved in raising awareness about human trafficking. I offered to share how the theft of intellectual property is related to trafficking in persons with complex criminals. My goal is to have this part forever serve as a reminder to those of us who were inclined to buy this inexpensive, fake luxury handbag or watch. We all know about this problem, but until further information, as a rule, they think from the point of view of a large owner of a brand who is upset because of loss of rights and profits. “And what is it?” Read this, and I hope you will think again before you buy.
I am an intellectual property lawyer who has worked passionately in the field of trademark and copyright for many years. Even I was completely sobered up and the disgusting story I heard in the American trademark program here in Santa Monica a few years ago. A US lawyer based in Thailand spoke about his law firm’s participation in verifying counterfeit goods appointed by Thai customs officials. This type of cooperation is a rather recent side-by-side joint effort, which is more related to terrorist issues since September 11, than a real concern for the protection of trademark owners of luxury goods. The discovery of counterfeit goods is a rare random event, as customs officials usually bribe “to look the other way”.
Imagine a terrible, unsafe and unsanitary warehouse containing $ 20 million in modern cigarette manufacturing equipment used to make fake cigarettes. Imagine criminals who hired unsuspecting young people to travel from China and beyond to “job fairs” seeking a better life. Innocent girls are sold into sexual slavery, and young men are chained to cars, like those in a cigarette factory, which are forced to engage in criminal activity. In this case, the plant raid found that the owners had long gone, previously overturned by customs officials in Bangkok. All that remains is young teenage boys chained to the cars to which they were slaves.
2004 Time The counterfeit sack magazine pointed to a profit motive:
The machines that companies use as legal producers are also available for the bad guys, ”says Timothy Treiner, president of the International Bankruptcy Coalition. This is a great investment, and is 1000% better than drugs that the revenues that luxury homes will invest in innovation and marketing.
In June 2009, Gary Jones appeared in Time brings home the reality of the power of the problem in terms of the Bangkok Museum of Counterfeit Products.
Clemence Gauthier, a lawyer from Bangkok with Tille and Gibbins, explains:
“People think it's just a T-shirt, and it doesn't do any harm,” but we try to explain where the money goes.
The writer's own shame, like mine, and I hope that yours is inevitable when we recognize and understand What for and as such cheap prices. Counterfeit trademarks include large-scale criminal activities that hunt the most innocent people to make billions of profits. Please share it with others to spread this word. Together we can make a difference.
