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Passage 3 Commercial Piracy Commercial Piracy Cases The Food and Drug Administration recalled 357 heart pumps used in hospitals across the country because these $ 200 intra-aortic balloon pumps, which help maintain heartbeat during open-heart surgery, were believed to contain potentially dangerous, cheap counterfeit parts. The American Medical Association has become concerned over phony look-alike narcoticsso called because they are the color, size, and shape of legitimate tranquilizers and amphetamines and even display forged trademarks. Look-alikes are believed responsible for at least 12 deaths, including a 17-year-old New Mexico boy who fell into a coma after swallowing two phony biphetamines. Some counterfeit parts were discovered in the space shuttle, in NATO aircraft, and were reportedly installed in personal helicopters of Queen Elizabeth II and the late Egyptian Pres. Anwar Sadat. What Is Commercial Piracy? The list goes on. Commercial piracy is the trafficking in counterfeit products or services which incorporate characteristics of authenticity in order to deceive. One typetrademark counterfeitinginvolves the attachment of seemingly real trademarks or brand names to bogus products or services, thereby fooling consumers into thinking they have bought the legitimate item. Fake designer jeans and cosmetics of poor quality, but carrying the well-known label, are examples. | 
