Roundtable - Counterfeiting Culture

Changing attitudes and gathering intelligence

This New Statesman round table discussion, in association with Pfizer, examined counterfeiting and theft of intellectual property. Counterfeiting and piracy has increased dramatically over the last 30 years. Consumers have built sophisticated arguments to justify their actions but few realise the real impact they can have on organised crime and terrorism. More frightening, perhaps, is the World Health Organisation's estimate that 10 per cent of the medicines available to people worldwide are counterfeits; this trade is worth £30bn. Participants discussed the effect this crime has on society and the sort of global intelligence needed to deal with it.

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Participants

Jo Bryce
Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire; co-author of Fake Nation

Michelle Childs
Head of European Affairs Consumers Project on Technology

Dr Julyan Elbro
Deputy Director, Patent Office

Colette Goldrick
Corporate Affairs Director, Pfizer

Roz Groome
Vice-chair, Alliance Against Ip Theft; general counsel for the Bpi

Dr Jonathan Harper
Author, Council Of Europe Report on Counterfeit Medicines

Jill Johnstone
Director Of policy, National Consumer Council

Bryan Lewin
Lead officer, intellectual property, Trading Standards Institute; head of trading standards, Northamptonshire County Council

Lisa Lovell
Founder and managing director, Brand Enforcement Uk

Chris Parker
Director of law and corporate affairs, Microsoft

Ian Pearson Mp
Then Minister for Trade; Now Minister for Climate Change and the Environment

Jeff Randall (Chair)
Editor-at-large, The Daily Telegraph

Dr Jason Rutter
Research fellow, Economic & Social Research Council; co-author of Fake Nation

Mike Smith
Managing Director, Columbia Label Group, Sony

Professor Sandy Thomas
Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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