
Resources
Studies on Impact of Counterfeit Parts
U.S. Chamber of Commerce - 2016 - "Measuring the Magnitude of Global Counterfeiting"
Frontier Economics - 2016 - "The Economic Impacts of Counterfeiting and Piracy"
U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC)
IPEC Joint Strategic Plan: 2020 - 2023
IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - March 2020
IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - February 2019
A2C2 Counterfeit Parts Testing
National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Resources
State Counterfeit Airbag Laws

Model Legislation
A person shall not knowingly and intentionally manufacture, import, install, reinstall, distribute, sell, or offer for sale any device intended to replace a supplemental restraint system component in any motor vehicle if the device is a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or a nonfunctional airbag, or does not meet federal safety requirements as provided in Section 571.208 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
A person shall not knowingly and intentionally sell, install, or reinstall in a vehicle, any device that causes the vehicle’s diagnostic systems to fail to warn when the vehicle is equipped with a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or nonfunctional airbag, or when no airbag is installed.
DOJ - Buffalo, NY - 5/28/19 - "Counterfeit Airbag Supplier Sentenced to Prison"
DOJ - Springfield, MO - 12/7/17 - "Ozark Man Pleads Guilty to Counterfeit Airbag Scheme"
ICE - Washington, DC - 11/17/17 - "ICE Teams with Industry to Fight IP Theft"
DOJ - Sacramento, CA - 5/31/17 - "Antelope Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Airbags Online"
DOJ - Buffalo, NY - 10/24/16 - "Two Men Charged with Importing and Selling Counterfeit Airbags"
AGRR - July / August 2020 - "Crack Down: Car Makers Band Together to Stop Glass Counterfeiters"
Hammer & Dolly - 10/18 - "Thieves Among Us: Tackling the Counterfeit Parts Crisis" (p. 38-39)
Miami, FL - WPLG - 4/5/18 - "Agent Robert C. Hutchinson Discusses Counterfeit Auto Parts"
Albuquerque, NM - KRQE - 5/4/17 - "Siblings Charged with Running Counterfeit Airbag Business"
Forbes - 4/17/17 - "Why U.S. Can't Afford to Fall Behind in Intellectual Property Enforcement"
Miami, FL - WPLG - 5/2/16 - "Feds Warn of Counterfeit Auto Parts"
Fox News - 10/26/15 - "Video Highlights Potential Danger of Replica Wheels"
CNET.com - 4/20/15 - "Smarter Driver: How to Spot Counterfeit Car Parts"
Detroit, MI - WDIV - 3/9/15 - "Counterfeit Auto Parts are Threat to Auto Safety"
Houston, TX - Chron.com - 2/6/15 - "Brothers Who Bought, Installed Fake Airbags Admit Guilt"
Huffpost - 2/19/13 - "Fake Taxi Parts, including Brake Pads, Sold to New York City Cabs"
