PublicPrivate Partnerships: Fighting Counterfeits and Protecting IPR in the Former Soviet Union

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Public-Private Partnerships Fighting
Counterfeits and Protecting IPR in the Former
Soviet Union

• INTERPOL
• Lyon, France
• 15-16 November 2001

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Global Counterfeiting

• 650 billion lost sales annually or 7 of world
  trade.
• 200,000 lost jobs per year.
• Billions in lost government revenues.
• Injuries and deaths due to fake products.
• Financing organized crime terror groups.

Sources International AntiCounterfeiting
Coalition (IACC), Anti-Counterfeiting Group and
European Union.
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IPR CRISIS in FSU

• Russia -- 2 billion plus per year.
• Ukraine -- 1 billion per year.
• Counterfeit alcohol kills 1,000s/year in FSU.
• 5-7 of medicines are fake in Russia.
• 80 plus of business software is counterfeit.

Sources CIPR Trademark Owner Surveys, Russian
Federation Tax Police, Deloitte Touche, AIPM,
BSA, IFPI
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Counterfeit Cigarettes
FAKE
ORIGINAL
Source British American Tobacco
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Look-Alike Soft Drinks
Source The Coca-Cola Company
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Counterfeit Medicines
CLAFORAN sterile powder for iv/im injection
Source International Association of
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM), Aventis
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Real Fake Claforan
ORIGINAL
FAKE
Source AIPM, Aventis
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Counterfeit Medicine Price List
Claforan 1g (Aventis) 1.50
Claforan 1g (fake) 1.00
Claforan 1g (fake) Lot 030624 0.50 Lot
050617 0.70 Lot 070566 0.70
Source AIPM, Aventis
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IPR Abuse in FSU Analysis

• Rampant infringement.
• Complex economic, social and political context.
• Corruption and organized crime.
• Imperfect legal regimes.
• Poor enforcement.
• Lack of political will.