| July 2011 - August 2011 |
 On June 8, 2011, World Anti-Counterfeiting Day, BASCAP launched its consumer awareness campaign “Fakes Cost More – I Buy Real” designed to increase awareness of the risks and costs associated with buying fakes. |
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| February 2011 - May 2011 |
 Supporting the underlying theme of this year's Sixth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, "Building Respect for IP", BASCAP unveiled two new studies measuring the scope, scale, costs and impacts of counterfeiting and piracy on the economy and society. |
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| November 2010 - January 2011 |
 BASCAP will again be one of the business partners in organizing the Sixth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. The Congress will be held 2-3 February 2011 in Paris. |
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| October 2010 - September 2010 |
 NEW BRUNSWICK (September 14, 2010) – Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy launched today the new on-line Product Authentication & Security Directory. The Directory is designed to help brand owners and IP professionals identify the tools, relationships, and partners they need to protect their intellectual property from counterfeiting, piracy, diversion, cargo theft, and other product security threats. |
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| August 2010 - September 2010 |
 The Sixth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, which will convene 2-3 February 2011 in Paris, offers an exceptional exhibit opportunity for brand protection companies to showcase their products and services and inform stakeholders about measures the business community can take to more effectively protect its own brands. |
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| August 2010 - September 2010 |
 On July 15, British American Tobacco entered into an agreement with the European Commission and the Member States of the European Union to collectively approach illicit trade in tobacco. The agreement will see cooperation in a number of areas including funding by BAT of $200m (€134m) over the next 20 years. |
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| July 2010 - August 2010 |
BASCAP has partnered with the CMO Council's new research initiative, Doing Away With Foul Play In Sports Marketing, which aims to better protect brand sponsors and sports property owners from trademark trespassing, property rights violations and online scams, frauds and infringements.
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| May 2010 - June 2010 |
 The 2nd Tax Stamp Forum, produced by Reconnaissance International, will be held June 14-15 in London. The Forum is a global event focused on solutions for anticounterfeiting and fiscal verification in order to raise government revenues and counter the illicit trade in alcohol and tobacco. |
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| April 2010 - May 2010 |
 A new counterfeiting exhibition at French Science and Industry Museum in Paris showcases Microsoft’s use of intelligence and crime forensics to help dismantle the world’s largest software counterfeiting ring. See how global collaboration between the FBI, Chinese authorities and Microsoft led to the demise of the world's largest known counterfeiting syndicate.
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| March 2010- April 2010 |
 A new study entitled “Building a Digital Economy: The Importance of Saving Jobs in the EU's Creative Industries” released today predicts losses due to piracy to reach as much as 1.2 million jobs and €240 billion in retail revenue by 2015 in the creative industries most impacted, based on current trends and assuming no significant policy changes. |
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| February 2010 - March 2010 |
.1.jpg) A man accused of exporting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit computer hardware to buyers in the United States was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $790,683.85 in restitution to Cisco after pleading guilty to trafficking in counterfeit products. |
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| January 2010 - February 2010 |
 To compliment its Consumer Action Day, Microsoft hosted an event at the Europen Parliament which was attended by a number of stakeholders from both public and private sectors. Participants in the event were more than happy to go on camera and give their views. Hear what they have to say...
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| December 2009 - January 2010 |
 1-3 December, 2009 – During the Fifth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in Cancun, Mexico, BASCAP unveiled two new studies that offer insight into what drives consumers to choose fake products, as well as what the scope, scale, costs and impacts of these illegal purchases are on the economy and society. |
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| December 2009 |
 1 December 2009 – During the Fifth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in Cancun, Mexico the BASCAP launched its “Intellectual Property Guidelines for Business” in Spanish and Portuguese. The Guidelines are designed to help businesses protect their copyright and branded material and deter trade in counterfeit and pirate goods. |
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| November 2009 - December 2009 |
 Register now for the Fifth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting & Piracy December 1-3 in Cancun, Mexico. This year's Congress will include more than 60 global leaders from over 20 countries presenting their views on the dangers associated with the growing problems of counterfeiting and piracy.
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| November 2009 |
 Guangzhou, China, 27 October 2009 −The International Chamber of Commerce’s BASCAP group today launched a set of intellectual property (IP) guidelines designed to help businesses manage copyright and branded materials and deter trade in counterfeit and pirate goods.
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| October 2009 - November 2009 |
 In preparation for the September 16th meeting of President Obama and Prime Minister Harper, the Canadian and US Chambers issued a joint letter outlining important issues in the bilateral relationship, including cracking down on piracy and counterfeiting; securing the movement of goods across borders and achieving greater regulatory cooperation.
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| August 2009 - September 2009 |
 A new survey on intellectual property (IP) services provided by chambers of commerce shows that many more chambers around the world are actively involved in this increasingly important area.
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| July 2009 - August 2009 |
 Recent statistics published in the the European Commission's Report on EU Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (2008) point to a significant increase in the enforecement of IPR by EU customs for the sixth consecutive year in a row.
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June 2009 - July 2009
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 BASCAP has teamed up with the Chief Marketing Officer Council on "Protection from Brand Infection", a survey that helps brand specialists understand and contain the damage caused by counterfeiting and piracy and examines its impact on brand trust, confidence and credibility. |
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April 2009 - June 2009
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.jpg "feature story survey") According to the latest ICC-Ifo World Economic Survey, the vast majority of economists in all regions of the world, emphasized that companies should invest more in upgrading corporate programs to limit counterfeiting and piracy.
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March 2009 - April 2009
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 A recent report by the Canadian Intellectual Property Council (CIPC), A Time for Change: Toward a New Era for Intellectual Property Rights in Canada, calls on the government to make considerable reforms to Canada’s intellectual property rights system, including updating copyright legislation and adopting WIPO internet treaties.
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February 2009 - March 2009
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 The Fifth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, which will convene 2-4 June 2009 in Cancun, offers an exceptional exhibit opportunity for brand protection companies to showcase their products and services and inform stakeholders about measures the business community can take to more effectively protect its own brands.
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December 2008 - January 2009
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 LegalIQ's 2nd Annual Trademark & Copyright Protection Conference, January 26-28, will address topics in IP law such as judicial developments, the challenges of new generic top level domain names and internationalized domain names, as well as protection strategies in foreign entities. BASCAP participants receive a 15% discount with code... |
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