Counterfeiting adds up

26,503

Total Number of IPR-related Seizures in 2020[1]

55.7 Million

Direct & Indirect U.S. Jobs Supported by IP-intensive Industries in 2013[2]

$1.08 Billion

Total Value of IPR-infringing Goods Seized, Originating from China in 2014 (including Hong Kong) [3]

$1.09 Billion

Total Value of IPR-related Seizures (MSRP) in 2020 [4]

3.3%

Estimated Percentage of Global Trade Comprised of Counterfeit and Pirated Goods (2019)[5]

$1.77 Trillion

Projected Value of Global Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods in 2015[6]

[1] U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Intellectual Property Rights Seizures Statistics, Fiscal Year 2020. 

[2] Dr. Nam D. Pham, IP Creates Jobs for America (2013).

[3] U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Intellectual Property Rights Seizures Statistics, Fiscal Year 2020.

[4] Intellectual Property Rights Seizures Statistics, Fiscal Year 2020. See note 1, supra.

[5] OECD, Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods (2019).

[6] International Chamber of Commerce / BASCAP, Estimating the Global Economic and Social Impacts of Counterfeiting and Piracy (2011).