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Lawyer Fred Muwema: Fakes Are Killing Us

Anti-counterfeit champion, Lawyer Fred Muwema, has passionately rallied lawyers, among other consumers, to join efforts to fight fake products (counterfeits) in the market noting that they are “actually killing us” and that consumer and brand apathy is part of the problem.

Fred Muwema, who is the founding partner at Muwema…

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Topics: Counterfeits, Fred Muwema, Intellectual Property

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