Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP), an initiative of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), has developed this set of Model IP Management Guidelines to provide detailed information to businesses on practical steps they can take to improve their compliance with IP laws and to protect their own IP.

The guidelines provide specificity on good IP practice, addressing internal IP use, supply chain practices, relations with intermediaries, and the handling of third-party IP. The guidelines are therefore useful for dealing with counterfeiting and piracy in all its forms within companies, from IP development to component sourcing, manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing and internal corporate use. Recommendations for protecting a company’s own intellectual property are also included.

These Model Intellectual-Property Management Guidelines are designed to help businesses implement practical internal policies to improve protection of their own intellectual property (IP) and that of others, and to increase compliance with IP laws, so as to reduce the business risks associated with counterfeiting and piracy.

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