Resources

This page features many of the resources the Global Intellectual Property Center uses to educate consumers, lawmakers, the business community, and the media. Check back often, this page is updated regularly.

View	Fact Sheet Brief overview of counterfeiting and piracy and their affect on the U.S. economy.
View	Stopping Fakes: Building Awareness Tool kit Best practice guidelines and case studies that showcases both public and private best practices for educating consumers on the true costs of counterfeiting and piracy. Created in association with the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
View	Global Intellectual Property Center Overview Overview of the Chamber's Global Intellectual Property Center.
	CACP Campaign to Protect America On June 14, 2007 the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (CACP) launched and aggressive and comprehensive legislative campaign to transform the enforcement of U.S. intellectual property rights. Learn more at www.thecacp.com. View Summary \| View Laura Tyson Report - Economic Analysis of the Campaign to Protect America
View	Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Federal Registry Notice U.S. Chamber of Commerce's response to USTR's Federal Registry Notice on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
View	Top 10 Ways to Protect Yourself From Counterfeiting and Piracy Here are 10 easy steps you can take to keep your business and home safe from fakes.
View	Secure Supply Chain Best Practice Tool Kit Best practice guidelines created to help brand owners protect their supply chain from counterfeit and pirated goods. Features case studies from Bendix, Ford, Merck, New Balance, Purdue Pharma, Torys and Xerox.
Watch the video	PODCAST - Dr. Moises Naim The Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy Magazine, discusses his book "Illicit" on how smugglers, copycats and traffickers are hijacking the global economy.
Watch the video	Counterfeiting and Piracy: The Impact is Real (Video) A short video on counterfeiting and piracy.
	Outrage of the Month Each month the Chamber and the NCF release an Outrage of the Month newsletter showing just how far counterfeiters and modern day pirates will go to dupe consumers. Read this Month's Outrage \| Read past Outrages
	Measuring the True Cost of Counterfeiting and Piracy The True Cost of Copyright Industry Piracy to the U.S. Economy - 10/07 The True Cost of Sound Recording Piracy to the U.S. Economy - 8/07 The True Cost of Motion Picture Piracy to the U.S. Economy - 9/06
	U.S. Chamber/Gallup Consumer Behavior and Perception Study Study showing U.S. consumer behavior and perception as it relates to counterfeiting and piracy. Released in October 2007. View Study \| View Executive Summary
Watch the 60 Second Advocate	The 60 Second Advocate - Counterfeit Products Learn about the true costs of counterfeiting and piracy.
Watch the video	ABC - Good Morning America ABC News reports on the dangers of counterfeit products, including an interview with Caroline Joiner, Executive Director of the Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Initiative at the U.S. Chamber.
	STOP! and NIPLECC Reports 2008 NIPLECC Report 2008 NIPLECC Report Fact Sheet Second Quarter - April 2007 First Quarter - January 2007
	Web Resources Follow these links for other online anti-counterfeiting and piracy resources. http://www.stopfakes.gov/ http://www.uspto.gov/smallbusiness/ http://www.buysafedrugs.info/ http://www.iipi.org/
View	The Brakes are Fake. The Danger is Real. In October 2006 the Chamber and the NCF launched an advertisement campaign on on the health and safety threat counterfeiting and piracy pose. This ad ran in Lansing, Michigan in association with our Lansing educational roadshow.
View	Counterfeiting and Piracy: An Exploding Industry In September 2006 the Chamber and the NCF launched an advertisement campaign on the health and safety threat counterfeiting and piracy pose. This ad ran in Greensboro, North Carolina in association with our Greensboro educational roadshow.
View	Jobs Lost In June 2006 the Chamber and the NCF launched an advertisement campaign on the economic impact of counterfeiting and piracy.
View	Health and Safety Threatened In March 2006 the Chamber and the NCF launched an advertisement campaign on the threat counterfeiting and piracy pose to consumer health and safety.
Watch the video	Jobs Lost Video Clip As part of the June 2006 Jobs Lost ad campaign the Chamber and NCF produced a short video ad which appeared on washingtonpost.com.
View	Here's (Methanol) Looking at You Counterfeiters illegally produce phony Johnnie Walker Black Label Whiskey made of methanol, which causes abdominal pain, dizziness, blurred vision, and could even cause blindness and the risk of coma.
View	Hold the Tofu, Please Counterfeiters illegally produce phony tofu cakes made of gypsum, paint, starch, paste, and kitchen waste and bribe police officers to avoid inspections.

View	And We Get Zippo Counterfeiters produce illegal copies of Zippo lighters, costing Zippo employees in Pennsylvania heavily.


View	Exploding Cell Phones 13-year old boy is seriously injured when a counterfeit battery causes his cell phone to explode.
	Press Releases U.S. Chamber of Commerce press releases on counterfeiting and piracy. View Press Release Archives