John asked a good question off-line that I think I should share for clarity. I believe this includes Gucci as well. I should have included a more exact reference because now I can't find the stinking original article on the Chamber webpage. Sigh. Bev RIM -----Original Message----- From: Bev Christian Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 1:29 PM To: 'TechNet E-Mail Forum'; 'John Burke' Subject: RE: [TN] Counterfeit components market data John, Funny you should ask right now. I just wrote in an internal RIM document the following: "1) If we assume the Canadian economy is 10% that of the United States, then merchandise counterfeiting is costing our country over $30 billion dollars CDN per year and 75,000 jobs.[2]" 2) U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Global Intellectual Property Center, "Get the Facts, The True Costs." Bev RIM -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Burke Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 1:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Counterfeit components market data Hi all, I have been doing a lot of work in the area of counterfeit components and just filed a patent position on a detection method for screening. I was wondering if anyone out there has seen any market data on the costs of this issue? John Burke (408) 515 4992 --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential information, privileged material (including material protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------