On 7 July 2022, Integrity Indonesia held a sharing session themed the “Introduction to identify Counterfeit Drugs in Indonesia” at the Bandung City Police Department. This session is a manifestation of the close cooperation between Integrity Indonesia as a partner in fighting the circulation of counterfeit drugs and law enforcement. The...
Many organizations have already set up whistleblowing hotlines to receive reports on any possible violations of existing regulations. However, most of them have yet to optimize the existing report system. Some companies even developed a dedicated hotline system only as a way to align with the regulation or meet their...
The urgency to combat the trafficking of counterfeit and pirated goods in the United States has led to the issuance of the U.S. President’s Memorandum on Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods on 3 April 2019. Subsequently, on 24 January 2020, the Office of Strategy, Policy & Plans of...
Choosing a trademark for a product, service, or domain, might sound easy enough, with just a few criteria, such as making sure it’s memorable, catchy, short, and representative of the 'DNA' of the business. The trademarks that your corporations choose might sound brilliant for marketing, but they might be not...
Tackling the proliferation of counterfeit goods has become imperative for online retailers, including Lazada. Lazada decided to take further steps in the IP protection efforts of its platform. As Azilia (30/06) quoted, the number one online shopping in South East Asia will leverage intellectual property rights tools from its parent,...
The circulation of counterfeit drugs has reached pharmacies in the Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) areas. The National Food and Drug Agency (Badan Pengawasan Obat dan Makanan/BPOM) found that counterfeit drugs are repackaged products. "The perpetrators obtained the sources of the repackaged drugs by buying generic drugs and collecting expired...
We have seen various counterfeit products flooding in e-Commerce platforms. Now we see them on social media accounts which belong to famous influencers on Instagram, YouTube, blog and other social media platforms. What is an influencer? In today’s digital era, an influencer refers to social media users whose contents give influence to...
Blockchain technology has recently gained market traction as one of the most exciting technological developments. Basically, blockchain is a digital ledger where the stored data are encrypted, distributed, and synchronized to all computers that are interconnected in the network. Only interconnected users have control over the data. With this system,...
As China is home to almost 19% of the world's population, no wonder it is a prospective target market for businesses worldwide. Behind the huge market potential, China is also well-known as a source of 70% of the world’s counterfeit goods and many US companies claim up to 250 billion...
The extensive distribution of counterfeit drugs is a threat to public health and the security of the global economy. Counterfeit drugs may contain wrong concoctions, dangerous active substances, or even do not contain any active substance at all (so that they do not provide a treatment effect for patients that...
