FROM THE EDITOR

Dear BPP subscribers:

I am pleased to present to you the 8th edition of The Brand Protection Professional. In this edition we provide you with a view on the serious issue of counterfeit pharmaceuticals from a leading medical authority, Dr. Jay Joshi, on the issue. Dr. Joshi, an anesthesiologist specializing in pain management, addresses the epidemic of opioid addiction and unqualified pain specialists, counterfeits drugs, and how generic meds may threaten the health and safety of patients.

We also include instructive articles on how to refer a case in “I May Have a Case for Law Enforcement –What Do I Need to Know and What Do They Need to Know?”; what the reorganization of China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) could mean to brand protection in “Reorganization of Government Agencies on Intellectual Property in China,” and report on the efforts to bring an intellectual property rights center to Canada in “If You Build It, They Will Come: Canada Needs an IPR Coordination Center.”  A leading academic walks through why “non-counterfeited” brands should not ignore the threat of counterfeitsDo Counterfeits Only Effect Brands that are Heavily Counterfeited? New Insights.”  

The BPP mission is to provide our readers be presented with relevant material “to advance brand protection through the establishment of an accessible, comprehensive forum containing essential information for the brand protection community”. Please join the conversation by submitting an article for publication, participating in the Temperature Test polls or BP Forum, or engaging in a conversation in A View from the Field. Please always feel free to contact me directly at leahevertburks@gmail.com.

Leah Evert-Burks
Managing Editor & Industry Fellow
Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection
Michigan State University

Editorial Board

  • Leah Evert-Burks
    Managing Editor and Industry Fellow
    A-CAPP Center, MSU
  • Clifford Grammich
    Executive Editor and Research Specialist
    A-CAPP Center, MSU
  • Tomas Hult
    Director and Professor
    International Business Center,

    Eli Broad College of Business, MSU
  • Warren MacInnis
    Director
    Brand Protection
    Global Security and Brand Protection

    Underwriters Laboratories
  • Monica Mena
    Senior Manager
    Outreach and Capacity Building
    Global Security and Brand Protection
    Underwriters Laboratories
  • Tara Steketee
    Director, Product Integrity
    Global Security Group
    Merck & Co., Inc.
  • Kami Silk
    Associate Dean for Research
    Professor
    College of Communication Arts and Sciences, MSU
  • Jeremy Wilson
    Executive Editor and Director
    A-CAPP Center, MSU
    Professor

    School of Criminal Justice, MSU
  • Vivian Vassallo
    Senior Director
    Intellectual Property & Enforcement
    Dolby Laboratories

BPP Staff

  • Clifford Grammich
  • Executive Editor
  • Leah Evert-Burks
  • Managing Editor
    and Industry
    Fellow
  • Sara Heeg
    Design and Production

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THE BRAND PROTECTION PROFESSIONAL | JUNE 2018 | VOLUME 3 NUMBER 2
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