Resources
Learn more with these helpful resources.
So how can you avoid purchasing counterfeit products and contributing to organized crime, gang activity, and other criminal activities?
If you believe that you’ve been duped into buying a counterfeit:
- Report it to the manufacturer of the legitimate product
- Contact your credit card company immediately to challenge the charge
- Report it to:
- Your local law enforcement agency
- The Better Business Bureau
- National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (if safety is a concern)
- STOPfakes.gov, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Other sources of help and information include:
- Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, U.S. Department of Justice
- FBI, What We Investigate/Intellectual Property Theft
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Intellectual Property Rights
- Internet Crime Complaint Center
- Intellectual Property Task Force, U.S. Department of Justice
- National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
- Trademark counterfeiting and consumer fraud related to the COVID-19 outbreak
- IP Highlights: Go For Real (STOPfakes.gov)
