IP Outreach in Practice > IP Crime
Overview
Organizer: | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan Patent Office (JPO) |
Country/Territory: | Japan |
Language: | English Japanese |
Focus: | General Counterfeits |
Outreach Tools: | Awards / Scholarships / Grants, Cartoon Animations / Comics, Competitions, Website |
Target Audience: | Consumers, General Public |
Details
Manga: "Honmono" (2011): tells the story of how a young shop employee witnesses first hand the menace of fake products, how easily customers are duped into buying them and the serious harm they can cause
Anti-counterfeiting Manga competition (2010): asked artists to create an original and attractive manga which engages and entertains the target audience while at the same time informing about the low quality and health and safety risks of counterfeit products and emphasizing the benefits of original products; competition open to Japanese nationals living in Japan and aged 16 or older at the time of application
Links
https://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/offices/japan/
https://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/publications/manga_honmono.html
http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi/hiroba/honmono_manga_contest.htm
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/press/event/honmono_connte1008.html
[Date Added/Updated: Oct 12, 2011]