The U.S. Government's Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!)

The U.S. Government's Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!) initiative is a unified effort against piracy and IPR theft involving federal government agencies, the private sector, and many of our trading partners. The STOP! initiative is designed to crack down on the criminal networks that traffic in counterfeit and pirated products, stop trade in these goods around the globe and at America's borders, and help American businesses - especially small and medium-sized enterprises – and their employees secure and enforce their rights in overseas markets.

To better assist U.S. businesses obtain, protect and enforce their intellectual property rights overseas, the website http://www.stopfakes.gov was established as a one-stop shop for information to help companies register and protect their intellectual property assets. 

United States Government links: 

• http://www.ustr.gov Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

• http://www.ita.doc.gov International Trade Administration

• http://www.uspto.gov U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

• http://www.cybercrime.gov Department of Justice, Computer Crime and IP Section

• www.cbp.gov U.S. Customs and Border Protection

• http://www.copyright.gov Office, Library of Congress
  

Industry links:

• http://www.iipa.com International Intellectual Property Alliance

• http://www.mpaa.org Motion Picture Association of America - MPA abroad

• http://www.riaa.org Recording Industry Association of America

• http://www.bsa.org Business Software Alliance

• http://www.theesa.com The Entertainment Software Association

• http://www.publishers.org Association of American Publishers

• http://www.inta.org International Trademark Association

• http://www.phrma.org Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America 

• http://www.iacc.org International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition

• http://www.uschamber.com U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• http://www.wto.org World Trade Organization, resources on TRIPS

• http://www.wipo.int World Intellectual Property Organization