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Volume 12 - No. 1                    Download PDF

In this edition of
The Kessler Report:

Counterfeiters Target Obama and Nike

The Problem with Pretexts

Kessler's Corner:
Choosing an Investigator

Harrowing Intellectual Property Statistics

Protect Your Cell Phone and Mobile Devices From Theft or Data Loss

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Harrowing Intellectual Property Statistics

American businesses lose $250 billion and 750,000 jobs a year to intellectual property theft.
- US Chamber of Commerce

5-7% of world trade is in fake products totaling $500 billion.
- US Chamber of Commerce

10% of all drugs sold in this country are counterfeit
-Food and Drug Administration

25% of drugs in developing countries are counterfeit
-World Health Organization

35% of software used around the world is pirated.
- Business Software Alliance

2% of 26 million airline parts installed each year are fake
- Federal Aviation Authority

Piracy cost MPAA Studios $6.1 billion in 2005.
-Motion Picture Association of America Study

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