MIDDLE EAST COMPANIES CONCERN GROWS OVER NEED TO FIGHT COUNTERFEITING, SMUGGLING AND PIRACY
April 1st, 2007
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in DubaiCURBING the counterfeiting and smuggling of established companies' goods has become a pressing concern for international businesses wanting to protect their brands in the growing economies of the Middle East.Although certain sectors are suffering more than others, the issue has been deemed serious enough for leading multinationals to team together last year to create a Brand Owners' Protection Group (BPG) in the Middle East to tackle the region's part in generating the US$500 billion global counterfeit trade."We'd had problems with ...
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