Counterfeiting

Introduction to Counterfeiting

Counterfeiting, criminal offense of making an imitation of an article with intent to defraud others into accepting it as the genuine item. The term counterfeit is used most frequently to denote imitations of coined money or of the paper currency of a government or a bank, but it is applied also to other cases of fraudulent imitation, such as spurious trademarks, dies or works of art.” (1)

Counterfeiting and Piracy

This section provides an overview of counterfeiting and piracy within the legal context of Market Access (Quantitative Restrictions in Goods and Services) in international economic law (Main Regulatory Areas).

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Further Reading

• Bryan Mercurio, “Counterfeiting and Piracy,” Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, Cheltenham Glos (United Kingdom), Northampton, MA (United States)

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Notes and References

• Information about Counterfeiting in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia

Guide to Counterfeiting

Hierarchical Display of Counterfeiting

Law > Criminal law > Offence > Economic offence
Finance > Monetary relations > European currency > Euro
Production, Technology And Research > Research and intellectual property > Intellectual property > Industrial property > Industrial counterfeiting

Counterfeiting

Concept of Counterfeiting

See the dictionary definition of Counterfeiting.

Characteristics of Counterfeiting

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Translation of Counterfeiting

• Spanish: Falsificación de moneda
• French: Faux monnayage
• German: Falschmünzerei
• Italian: Falsificazione di monete
• Portuguese: Falsificação de moeda
• Polish: Podrabianie pieniędzy

Thesaurus of Counterfeiting

Law > Criminal law > Offence > Economic offence > Counterfeiting
Finance > Monetary relations > European currency > Euro > Counterfeiting
Production, Technology And Research > Research and intellectual property > Intellectual property > Industrial property > Industrial counterfeiting > Counterfeiting

See also

• Euro
• Divergence indicator
• Basket of currencies
• Industrial counterfeiting

• Counterfeit currency
• Counterfeit money
• Counterfeiting of currency
• Counterfeiting of means of payment
• Counterfeiting of money
• Counterfeiting of the euro
• Falsification of means of payment
• Forgery of currency
• Forgery of means of payment
• Forgery of money
• Forgery of the euro