LEGAL MATTERS: War against counterfeit goods far from over

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THE rapid growth of capitalism through gigantic manufacturing industries as well as the miracle of the electronic age makes the fight against patent and trademark protection a near futile game.
The appetite for affordable goods by consumers, the need for consumers to get protection against fake products, as well as the need by innovators to benefit from their ideas bring a contrasting but interesting view to the whole subject of intellectual property rights.

In the international forum, the discourse on the subject has tended to question the ability of both international and domestic law to curb the worrying and escalating violation of intellectual property rights.