INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008

1. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 Strengthening Cooperation and Collaboration at the Global Level John Newton IPR Project Manager INTERPOL 4th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy 3-5 February 2008, Dubai

2. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 • Sum of Global Cross-Industry Sector Information

3. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 • INTERPOL Response • Database on International Intellectual Property (DIIP) • Crime to deliver benefits for all IP crime affected • industries • Integrated regional and global IP crime intelligence • function providing “referral service” for stakeholders • Information handling protocols to protect confidential • and proprietary information while addressing industry • concerns • Developed using INTERPOL’s unique experience of • delivering successful global police databases

4. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 • DIIP • Autonomous iBase and i2 analytical database • IP crime typologies, trends, patterns, product details, • personal information on suspect individuals and • companies • Identify links between transnational organized cross- • industry sector IP criminal activity • Recommended global minimum standard for IP crime • information collection by private sector • Major INTERPOL initiative under G8 Presidency of Japan

5. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 • Control and Maintenance • Private sector organizations provide information, but do • not have access to it - confidential and proprietary • Data hand delivered to INTERPOL IP Crime Unit (IPCU) • Data received from private sector organizations will be • quality assured before input into DIIP • IPCU responsible for processing and storing data • Access restricted to IPCU and nominated INTERPOL • technical staff

6. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 • Disclosure of Information • IPCU will not disclose information • Referrals made individually to affected information • owners and permission sought to inform other parties • Bi-lateral disclosure at discretion of parties concerned • Links only referred to law enforcement agencies with • express permission of information owner • IPCU to hold operational working groups to identify • collective response to transnational criminal conspiracies

7. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 • Strategic Reports • Regional and Global Strategic Reports produced from • criminal analysis • Reports will not contain nominal or proprietary • information • Illustrate the nature and extent of transnational organized • IP crime • Provide policy makers with reliable overview of regional • and global counterfeiting and piracy

8. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 • Performance Measurement • Number of submissions received from participating • private sector organizations • Number and nature of possible links arising from comparison between DIIP data and ICIS • Number and nature of confirmed links arising from • criminal analysis • Number of intelligence packages produced • Number of referrals made to participating private sector • organizations and law enforcement agencies

9. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 • Conclusion • INTERPOL has developed the tools to do the job • Database on International Intellectual Property (DIIP) • Crime • Recommended global minimum standard for IP crime • information collection by private sector • To be effective bulk data from ALL IP CRIME • AFFECTED INDUSTRIES is required to deliver critical • momentum, quality hits and success

10. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 • Final Thought for IP Crime • Affected Industries • “Rising to the Challenges” • Are YOU really serious about combating • counterfeiting and piracy or not?

11. INTERPOL General Secretariat 2008 INTERPOL IP Crime Unit John Newton j.newton@interpol.int IPR Project Manager Aline Plançon a.plancon@interpol.int Crime Intelligence Officer Roberto Manriquez r.manriquez@interpol.int Crime Intelligence Officer Ingrid Leonard i.leonard@interpol.int Criminal Analyst Kirstine Pedersen k.pedersen@interpol.int Administrative Attaché