Case Study: Supply Chain Management

This report by Arnold & Porter LLP gives you tools to examine your supply chain and take steps to create a customized approach to protecting intellectual property.

The Situation

Your company has recently discovered the sale of its branded product in an unauthorized retail outlet. The outlet claims that the product is legitimate, albeit diverted from your company’s authorized distribution channels. While certain products are authentic, others are counterfeit. Further investigation reveals that your company’s manufacturers have been selling into the gray market.

Challenge

You have been asked to develop an overall supply chain management and anti-counterfeiting program to protect the integrity of your company’s supply chain.

Approach Adopted

While there is no single “off the shelf” anti-counterfeiting or anti-piracy program, the following points provide some suggestions for managing your company’s supply chain and protecting your company’s intellectual property. Read more…

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