OECD/WIPO meeting on measurement of counterfeiting and piracy, 17-18 October 2005

On 17-18 October 2005, the OECD and WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization) organised an expert meeting to examine the methods and techniques that could be used to measure the magnitude, scope and effects of counterfeiting and piracy. Conference documents and presentations are available below.

Background and issues paper

Presentations:

• Measurement issues of magnitude and impact
  Mr. Karsten Olsen, OECD
  
• Seizure Statistics
  Ms. Anne Maricich, US Customs and Border Protection (United States)
  
• The enforcement of intellectual property rights in China, A Statistical Perspective
  Mr. Jiangiang Nie, World Trade Institute (Switzerland)
• The quantification of consumer attitudes and behaviors toward counterfeiting
  Mr. Chris Stewart, The Gallup Organization (United States)
• Brand protection groups', Economic impact study
  Mr. James Kennedy, Proctor & Gamble (Germany)
• INTA's estimation of the impact of Trademark counterfeiting and infringement on worldwide sales of apparel and footwear (1998)
  Mr. Faisal Daudpota, International Trademark Association (United States)
• UNODC experience in estimating the global drug market
  Ms Anna Alvazzi Del Frate, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Austria)
• Copyright piracy: measuring the extent and impact
  Mr. Kai-Lung Hui, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
• Measuring the impact of counterfeit drugs: Applying the patient safety reporting system approach
  Mr. Bryan Liang, California Western School of Law and San Diego School of Medicine (United States)
• Critique on data and measurement of piracy and counterfeiting
  Ms. Deli Yang, University of Bradford (United Kingdom)
• Piracy: scope and consequences an alalysis by IDC
  Mr. Georg Herrnleben, Business Software Alliance (Germany)
• Commercial piracy measurement
  Mr. Keith Jopling, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (United Kingdom)
• Suggested methodologies for estimating piracy
  Mr. Ahmed Ghoneim, Cairo University (Egypt)
• A perspective on the effect and impact of the phonomenon of counterfeiting on the south African economy
  Mr. Tommy Prins, Deloitte & Touche (South Africa)
• Russia - Measures to improve protection and enforment of intellectual property rights
  Ms. Svetlana Korosteleva, Rostpatent (Russia)
• Determining the concept and economic impact of counterfeiting
  Ms. Bernardita Escobar, Ministry of Economy (Chile)
• Pharmaceutical counterfeiting: issues, trends, measurement
  Mr. Harvey Bale Jr, Pharmaceutical Security Institute (Switzerland)
• IPR and the Customs enforcement network (CEN)
  Mr. Larry Burton, World Customs Organization (Belgium)