Enforcement

Theft of intellectual property affects all industry sectors and results in substantial economic, social and developmental costs that have increased exponentially in recent years. Piracy and counterfeiting have been shown to decrease employment opportunities, diminish tax revenues for governments, and reduce incentives to invest.

To tackle this problem, ICC launched BASCAP (Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy) initiative to develop effective intellectual property enforcement mechanisms and policies.

• The fight against piracy and counterfeiting of intellectual property
  7 June 2004
• ICC Comments on EC Green Paper on combating counterfeiting and piracy in the single market
  12 January 1999