Intellectual Property Magazine
Counterfeiting in China
Squire Patton Boggs’ Paolo Beconcini considers whether further reform could prevent anti-counterfeiting work remaining a game of whack-a-mole
Paolo Beconcini, Squire Patton Boggs’
Although manufacturing of counterfeits has been on the rise in countries like India for pharmaceutical products, and Turkey
and Vietnam for apparel and shoes, China remains the major host of manufacturing activities of counterfeit goods of all kinds.
1 Counterfeits leave China and undertake long journeys by sea, air and road, and often stop in intermediate destinations such
as South East Asia, the Middle East and the Arabic peninsula, before landing in US and EU markets. Stopping counterfeits at
their source in China was, is, and will remain, therefore, the first and most important step in any effort to prevent counterfeiting.