IP Protection and Enforcement in a Borderless World

There is increasing agreement that concerted cooperation between governments and the private sector is necessary to reduce the incidence of counterfeiting and piracy of intellectual property-protected goods.  Tackling IP theft is a significant public policy issue for business and is among many governments' international economic policy priorities. This initiative aims at supplementing existing joint public private partnerships and seeks to set in place new milestones and actions supporting a long-term, practical and integrated approach to the three pivotal areas of IP enforcement - judicial and legal best practice, investigation and forensics, and best practice on financial sanctions and remedies for the illegal proceeds from contraband and piracy - within a specific regional context. This is a private sector initiative designed to explore these three main pillars by stimulating creative discussions, identifying innovative application of legislation and identifying best practice The event is intended to be mutually beneficial, cooperative, action-oriented partnering and about securing long term commitments from all participants. Delegates will come together for a 2-day conference in Argentina to build more effective contact networks to combat criminality, corruption and IP rights violations in the Tri-Border region.