Seizures and discoveries include a number in the US yielding $643,000, $1.7 million and $1.6 million worth of counterfeit luxury goods, sports merchandise and toys respectively... Similarly in Canada, C$1.5 million worth of counterfeit luxury goods were seized... A large seizure of counterfeit HP ink and toner packaging took place in Pakistan... A huge amount of fake designer leather goods were impounded in the Philippines.... 20 million counterfeit cigarettes were seized in the UK.

Cases and outcomes include a French commercial court fining eBay €1.7 million for violating an injunction banning the sale of LVMH products on the auction site... In the UK, more than 1200 websites selling counterfeit goods have been shut down in the biggest police operation of its kind... A man in the US has pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit high tech parts to the US Military.

Studies and reports out include a number released by ICC BASCAP at the Fifth Global Congress to Combat Counterfeiting and Piracy, in Cancun: IP Guidelines for Business provides practical steps for businesses to take to assess the effectiveness of their IP management policies. A survey entitled Consumer Attitudes and Perceptions on Counterfeiting and Piracy finds that 80% of consumers spanning the developed and developing world regularly purchase counterfeit and pirated products. A report by Frontier Economics and BASCAP; The Impact of Counterfeiting on Governments and Consumers, highlights the negative impact of counterfeiting and piracy on governments, taxpayers and consumers... Research group ICM found that one in twenty Europeans suspect they have received a counterfeit prescription drug and one percent believes they definitely have.

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