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| Business leaders representing ICC's Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) initiative called on governments and business to take concrete action to stop the global trade in fake products today at a global congress on counterfeiting. |
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Fourth global congress on combating counterfeiting and piracy opens in Dubai
More than 500 senior decision-makers from 70 countries convened today in Dubai to identify solutions to the escalating global problem of product counterfeiting and piracy of intellectual property and to put an end to the damaging effects it is having on consumer health and safety, government resources and revenues, innovation and foreign investment. |
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ICC asks G8 task force for concrete plan to fight counterfeiting
ICC today commended G8 leaders for continuing to address the complicated and growing epidemic of counterfeiting and piracy at the annual G8 Summit, but expressed disappointment at the lack of substance on these issues in the outcome statement released at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm last week. |
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OECD study a vital step to understanding the global scope of counterfeiting
The summary of the counterfeiting and piracy study released today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) represents the most comprehensive and thorough investigation of the problem ever conducted, and a vital step towards a more complete understanding of the scope and harmful effects of this illegal activity, the International Chamber of Commerce said. |
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ICC and UN to intensify cooperation
During a meeting at UN headquarters yesterday, ICC Secretary General Guy Sebban and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon agreed that cooperation between business and the UN should be intensified. |
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Anti-counterfeiting experts to gather in China
Business experts and government officials from around the world will meet at the Global Innovation and IP Forum in Beijing on 27-28 March to build strategies to fight the increasing problem of counterfeit goods and piracy of intellectual property rights. |
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