www.stopfakes.gov provides information to U.S. companies looking for information on obtaining intellectual property rights and enforcing their rights overseas.

It is the Central Website for the U.S. Governments Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!), which is a unified effort against piracy and IPR theft involving federal government agencies, the private sector, and many of our trading partners.

The STOP! Innitiative 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 buinesses - especially small and medium-sized enterprisses.

For more details visit www.stopfakes.gov.

Additional information can be found on the following sites:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office www.uspto.gov
Department of Justice, Computer Crime and IP Sections www.cybercrime.gov
Copyright Office, Library of Congress www.copyright.gov
International Intellectual Property Alliance www.iipa.com
International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition www.iacc.org