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"
A2C2 Counterfeit Parts Infographic
National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Resources
U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC)
IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - April 2024
IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - April 2023
IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - April 2022
IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - January 2021
IPEC Joint Strategic Plan: 2020 - 2023
IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - March 2020
IPEC Annual Intellectual Property Report to Congress - February 2019
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.
UK Government - London, UK - 10/18/24 - "Consumer Guidance Fake Parts"
DOT - Miami, FL - 3/20/24 - "Miami Auto Shop Owner Charged with Dealing in Counterfeit Airbags"
DOJ - Memphis, TN - 5/17/23 - "Memphis Man Charged with Trafficking Counterfeit Airbags from China"
CBP - Minneapolis, MN - 6/15/22 - "CPB Officers in Minneapolis Intercept Counterfeit Car Sensors"
DOJ - Buffalo, NY - 5/28/19 - "Counterfeit Airbag Supplier Sentenced to Prison"
DOJ - Buffalo, NY - 5/9/19 - "Cheektowaga Man Sentenced for Buying and Selling Counterfeit Airbags"
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"
ICE - Washington, DC - 10/10/12 - "NHTSA, ICE Alert Consumers to Dangers of Counterfeit Airbags"
Houston, TX - KTRK - 10/24/24 - "Police, Feds Bust Southwest Houston Business for Fake Airbags"
Independent - 10/21/24 - "Drivers Warned as Government Launches Car Parts Crack Down"
Salt Lake City, UT - KSL-TV - 9/30/24 - "Authorities Seizing More Dangerous Fake Car Parts"
Repairer Driven News - 9/25/24 - "Feds Launch Campaign Warning Consumers of Fake Auto Parts"
Aftermarket Matters - 9/24/24 - "New Campaign Puts the 'Brakes on Fakes' for Counterfeit Auto Parts"
Fox Business - 7/12/24 - "'Nearly 2M U.S. Vehicles At Risk of Counterfeit Airbags, Carfax Says"
Repairer Driven News - 7/11/24 - "'NHTSA Warns of 'Cheap, Substandard Replacement Air Bag Inflators"
Torque News - 7/11/24 - "'Used Car Shopping Warning that Could Save Your Life"
Forbes - 7/10/24 - "'NHTSA Warns Consumers of Counterfeit Replacement Airbags"
CBS - 7/10/24 - "'Replacement Airbags in Used Cars Have Killed 3 People and Disfigured 2, Feds Warn"
Kelley Blue Book - 6/25/24 - "'Counterfeit Airbags a Growing Danger"
The Wall Street Journal - 6/22/24 - "'Can You Spot a Fake Air Bag? What to Know"
Radio Jamaica News - 4/9/24 - "CTOC Uncovers Counterfeit Engine Oil Operation in Clarendon"
Miami, FL - WPLG - 3/22/24 - "Auto Shop Owner Faces 300+ Felonies, Accused of Selling Fake Airbags"
Repairer Driven News - 6/6/23 - "Tennessee Man Charged with Trafficking, Selling Fake Airbags"
CollisionWeek - 5/24/23 - "Memphis Man Charged with Trafficking Counterfeit Airbags from China"
Daily Voice - 2/10/23 - "Philly Mechanic Admits to Putting Phony Air Bags in Cars: Feds"
Repairer Driven News - 8/10/22 - "Mercedes-Benz Warns of Rise in Global Trade in Counterfeit Parts"
Aftermarket Matters - 10/11/21 - "A2C2 Urges eBay to Prohibit Sale of All Airbags"
Jobber Nation - 7/26/21 - "Counterfeit Parts Seizure a Reminder of Ongoing Aftermarket Concern"
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"