The manufacture and sale of counterfeit goods is a global
phenomenon, which has been referred to as "the crime of the
century." Canada has been in no way immune to this issue, and
brand owners frequently wish to explore the available measures for
detaining counterfeit goods at the Canadian border before they
enter the country. The procedures available at present have proven
to have limited success, but the government has introduced new
measures that are expected to pass into law in the near future.
Counterfeit goods are sometimes imported into Canada in large
container shipments, often with imitations of various brands
intermixed. Increasingly, however, goods arrive in small shipments
by mail or courier. The arrival of goods at borders throughout the
world in the same or similar manners has been recognized
internationally, and there are treaties, agreements and model laws
providing that measures should be available to facilitate the
seizure of products infringing
