Studies on Impact of Counterfeit Parts

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - 2019 - "Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods"

Better Business Bureau - 2019 - "Fakes are Not Fashionable: A BBB Study of the Epidemic of Counterfeit Goods Sold Online"

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - 2016 - "Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods"

U.S. Chamber of Commerce - 2016 - "Measuring the Magnitude of Global Counterfeiting"

Frontier Economics - 2016 - "The Economic Impacts of Counterfeiting and Piracy"

Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC)

IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - March 2020

IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - February 2019

U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator -
FY 2017-2019 Joint Strategic Plan

A2C2 Counterfeit Parts Testing

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National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Resources

IPR Center Website

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.