The ISC has an active public relations program. Numerous articles on counterfeiting and telemarketing fraud in the major industry publications and general print media. Member representatives have met with the press in the U.S., Australia, Europe, South America, and Asia resulting in a number of articles on these continents. The ISC has sponsored public service ads aimed at educating, consumers, resellers, manufacturers, remanufacturers and all industry stakeholders on how to spot, prevent and report counterfeiting and fraud.

LAW ENFORCEMENT FOCUS

The ISC and its member companies participated regularly in customs training sessions in the US and Latin America educating customs officials on methods of identifying counterfeit imaging supplies. Training sessions are also conducted at the state and local level. CBP has appointed an imaging supplies industry advocate to work with brand owners on a strategy to prevent the importation of counterfeit goods. This has resulted in customs interventions and has identified illegal products in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Germany, China and Malaysia.

INDUSTRY CONFERENCE

The ISC has held thirteen International Conferences on Fraud and Counterfeiting in the Imaging Supplies Industry. Each conference the number of participants has increased. Over 75 professionals attended the 2008 and 2010 conference with attendees from five continents.

INDUSTRY SPOKESMAN

The ISC has made presentations at most of the major international industry conferences including: Business Products Industry Association, Business Technology Association, CAP Ventures U.S. and Japan, COMDEX, CeBIT, LYRA, ITC, ITEX, Asian Imaging Forum and many national and international dealer conferences. Outside the industry, presentations have been made at conferences sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce, Reconnaissance International, the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition, PIRA, PISEC, and the American Society for Industrial Security and the National Intellectual Property Law Institute.

Please contact us if you would be interested in a presentation by the ISC at your program.

TELEMARKETING FRAUD

The ISC was named a Partner in Consumer Education by the Federal Trade Commission and a Partner in Education by the Business Technology Association (BTA). Working with the Federal Trade Commission, Better Business Bureau and BTA the ISC has developed and implemented a closed loop process for incident reporting and an end-user education package on avoiding telemarketing scams.

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RECOGNITION

The ISC testified in support of IACC initiated legislation and was recognized as a significant contributor to the passage of The Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996 by the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition (IACC). The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) presented the ISC with it's Golden Shoe String award for excellence in communications on a very limited budget. In January of 1999, the Coalition was recognized with a Global Anticounterfeiting Award by Authentication News for An Outstanding Achievement by an Association. Also in 1999 the Coalition was elected to the Association Advance America Honor Roll for two of its programs; When in Doubt... Check it Out and Anti-telemarketing Fraud Process and Education. The awards are for outstanding programs, which have resulted in a significant benefit to American Society.

In 2002, a member company, Xerox, was awarded a "Global Anticounterfeiting Award for outstanding achievement by a company."