The purpose of this gateway is to showcase model legislation that is relevant to this sector. To view legislation that has been passed to protect intellectual property within a certain country, please visit the Country Gateways.    

	Luxury Institute Wealth Survey, Wealthy Consumers Say Counterfeits Hurt the Luxury Goods Industry, Business Wire, January 17, 2006.
	Proving the Connection: links between intellectual property theft and organized crime, Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (AACP).
	China: The New Lap of Luxury, Global Retail and Consumer Products & Ernst & Young China, September 2005.
	The Negative Consequences of International Intellectual Property Theft: Economic Harm, Threats to the Public Health and Safety, and Links to Organized Crime and Terrorist Organizations (White Paper),International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC), January 2005.
	Counterfeiting and Organized Crime, 2nd Edition, Union des Fabricants, 2004.
	The links between intellectual property crime and terrorist financing, Text of public testimony of Ronald K Noble, Secretary General of Interpol. Before the United States House Committee on International Relations One hundred eighth congress, July 16, 2003.
	The Economic Impact of Counterfeiting, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) / Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques (OCDE), 1998.