No Disguising Need For Enforcement, Education To Curb Counterfeiting
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Consumer education programs and increased law enforcement efforts are needed to curtail the counterfeiting of drugs and personal care products, according to a lawyer with a prominent intellectual property law firm
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