It is a pleasure to welcome you to the third edition of Anti-counterfeiting – A Global Guide.
Building on the success of previous publications, Anti-counterfeiting 2010 provides trademark professionals with comprehensive guidance on anti-counterfeiting laws, procedures and strategies in key global jurisdictions, presented in a simple, easy-to-use format.
For this year’s guide, we have expanded the coverage to bring analysis from 51 jurisdictions, with two regional chapters identifying trends in the European Union and sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, international enforcement strategies and the fight against counterfeiting in the electronics and pharmaceutical industries are examined. The directory of dedicated anti-counterfeiting service providers further enhances the guide’s value as an indispensable business tool.
Anti-counterfeiting 2010 does not seek to offer specific legal advice and should not be read as though it does. However, only those firms and organizations with specialist expertise in the field of anti-counterfeiting were invited to contribute and the authors raise a number of critical points that IP rights owners and their advisers should take into consideration when constructing an international anti-counterfeiting strategy.
My gratitude goes to all contributors for their hard work and support for this important project. I would also like to thank the Anti- Counterfeiting Group, Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy, the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization for all their assistance during the production of Anti-counterfeiting 2010.

Trevor Little
Managing editor