Jul 23rd, 07
July 19, 2007: The Imaging Supplies Coalition for International Intellectual Property Protection (ISC) announced that Samsung Electronics America Inc. has joined the Coalition effective July 1, 2007. Allen Westerfield, President of the Coalition said,
"The Members and Board of Directors of the ISC are both pleased and
proud to welcome Samsung as a member in the Imaging Supplies Coalition.
As a leader in our industry, Samsung will join the other ISC’s member
companies as we continue to make progress in the battle against
counterfeiting and fraud in the Imaging Supplies Industry."
John McIntyre, Sustainability Manager, Samsung Electronics America, said
"Samsung has a growing awareness of the harm counterfeiting activity can have on our customers and distributors as well as to our brand’s credibility. Each of the ISC’s member companies has broad experience in the development of protection strategies and protecting their companies’ brand from illegal activity. We look forward to working with the ISC to protect our customers and resellers."
The Imaging Supplies Coalition for International Intellectual Property
Protection, Inc. is a non-profit association of imaging supplies
Original Equipment Manufacturers. Coalition members are Brother
International Corporation, Canon U.S.A., Inc, Epson America Inc.,
Lexmark International, Inc., Oki Data Corporation, Samsung Electronics
America, Inc., Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. and Xerox
Corporation.
The ISC can be contacted at 941-961-7897, e-mail at iscwesterfield@aol.com or visit the website at www.isc-inc.org.
About Samsung Electronics America Information Technology Division
Samsung’s Information Technology Division (ITD) markets a complete line
of award-winning LCD Monitor products, including professional large
format LCD and Plasma displays. ITD also markets an award-winning line
of color and monochrome laser printers and multifunction devices, video
security systems and the family of Samsung Q1 Ultra-Mobile Personal
Computers (UMPC). Samsung ITD is committed to supporting the needs of
its channel partners in the professional, commercial, corporate, and
SOHO markets. Based in Irvine, California, ITD is a division of Samsung
Electronics America (SEA), a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics
Company, Ltd. (SEC). The SEA organization oversees the North American
operations of Samsung including Samsung Telecommunications America, LP,
Samsung Electronics Canada, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Mexico, Inc.
Please visit www.samsung.com for more information or call 1-800-SAMSUNG.