Counterfeiting is a Crime Against Innovation, With Kebharu Smith
Innovation Files: Where Tech Meets Public Policy
English - August 07, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBTechnology Government technology innovation policy economics think tank government regulation law congress Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Complicated Evolution of Information, With Jim Cortada
Counterfeiting—one of the oldest, simplest crimes—has only continued to evolve as technology has grown more complex. Rob and Jackie sat down with Kebharu Smith, director of Amazon's Counterfeit Crimes Unit and Associate General Counsel, to talk about how counterfeiting negatively impacts business, taxes, intellectual property, and innovation itself.
MentionedBecca Trate and Daniel Castro. Best Practices to Combat Online Sale of Counterfeits in the EU and US, (ITIF, July 2022).RelatedSujai Shivakumar. How Data-Sharing Partnerships Can Thwart Counterfeits on Online Marketplaces, (March 2021).