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The Global Congress Convenors are appreciative of support provided by sponsors to help offset the costs of delivering the 6th Global Congress in Paris. Learn more about sponsorship opportunities.


2011 - Sixth Global Congress Sponsors

Baker & McKenzie, a leading global law firm, runs complex anti-counterfeiting programs for companies in a range of industries, including fashion, electronics, pharma and other sectors. We have over 60 years of experience providing strategic advice and support in dealing with global IP enforcement challenges and managing IP portfolios. Our Global IP Practice Group includes over 470 lawyers and paralegals operating in some 40 countries, including Europe, Russia and Eastern Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Americas.

MarkMonitor, the global leader in enterprise brand protection, offers comprehensive solutions and services that safeguard brands, reputation and revenue from online risks. With end-to-end solutions that address the growing threats of online fraud, brand abuse and unauthorized channels, MarkMonitor enables a secure Internet for businesses and their customers. The company’s exclusive access to data combined with its patented real-time prevention, detection and response capabilities provide wide-ranging protection to the ever-changing online risks faced by brands today.

Founded in 1828, Bureau Veritas is an international group specialized in the inspection, analysis, audit and certification of products, infrastructure and management systems in relation to regulatory or voluntary standards. The Group employs over 47,000 people through a network of 1,000 offices and more than 300 laboratories in 140 countries.

Bureau Veritas has a long experience in conformity assessment and trade facilitation programmes. We help government authorities implement regulations related to conformity of products to standards and fight against imports of counterfeited and poor quality products.
This service complements the wide range of assessment activities we offer; such as audit and certification of suppliers, supply chain management, qualification of dealers and mystery shopping as used by the private sector to fight against counterfeits.


SICPA is a Swiss company, founded in 1927, with headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. At the core of SICPA’s security expertise are high-technology security inks which protect the majority of the world’s banknotes, identity documents as well as many other value documents from counterfeiting and fraud. In addition to being a trusted provider of security inks to central banks and high-security printers, SICPA is also the leading global provider of integrated government security solutions for monitoring of taxable consumer products in both state and federal jurisdictions. SICPA has successfully deployed and is operating product tracking and tracing systems in several countries in South America, North America, Europe and Asia, securing annually more than 65 billion individual consumer products. The company employs more than 2,500 people worldwide and is established in 22 countries on 5 continents, with products sold to most countries worldwide.

TM Defence Legal Services offer legal support to the business in the field of IP protection in Russia and other countries of the CIS. Our team joins patent agents, IP attorneys and investigators. Such impactful collaboration enables us to render exclusive services in combating counterfeiting and protecting other IP rights. TM Defence Legal Services are one of the major legal firms in Russia dealing with IP infringements. We offer an integrated representation of our clients’ interests in courts, arbitration, law enforcement bodies and agencies.

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact:

Catherine Ogier

Exhibition and Sponsorship Manager
10 rue du Maréchal Ferrant, 94150 Rungis, France
Tel. +33 1 41 73 34 80; Fax: +33 1 49 78 09 45

Parvis Hanson

Executive Director, Global Congress Secretariat
16 Ernest Pictet, 1203 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel +41 76 344 26 15; Fax +41 22 340 66 13