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Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School Loyola of Los Angeles International and Law R eviews Comparative Law R eview 6-1-1986 The Private Sector Combats Products Counterfeiting Barbara Jo Ehrlich Recommended Citation Bar ara Jo Ehrlich, The Private Sector Combats Products Counterf eiting, 8 Loy. L.A . Intl Comp. L. Rev. 699 (1986). Availa le at : /ilr/vol8/iss3/9 This Notes and Comments is brought to you for free and open access y the Law R eviews at Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law R eview y an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@. The Private Sector Combats Products Counterfeiting I. INTRODUCTION Product counterfeiting is nothing less than the theft for profit of a firms reputation and product through the use of deception. In 1983, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) be- gan an investigation 2 of foreign product counterfeiting and its effects 3 on U.S. industries. The primary goals of the investigation were: (1) to identify U.S. industries being affected by foreign product coun- terfeiting; (2) to measure the effects of such counterfeiting on U.S. industry and exports; and (3) to accumulate data on the methods em- ployed by