Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights Infringement

Koji Domon is Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, in Tokyo, Japan. He has co-authored numerous papers and articles on intellectual property infringement and is the co-author of Copy Control of Digital Broadcasting Content: An Economic Perspective (with Eulmoon Joo) in Digital Broadcasting.

• 1. Introduction: A Methodology and Its Precursors.- 2. Unauthorized Copying and Incentives for Musicians.- 3. Fake Spare Parts When No Domestic Brand Names Can Be Trusted.- 4.Markets of Quasi-Credence and Similar Foods.- 5. General Conclusions.