AGMA Global
MENU

NewsLetter Sign Up

slide

Promoting World Wide Intellectual Property Protection for the High Tech Industry

slide

Educating the High-Tech Industry in Remedying and Preventing Grey Market Fraud

slide

Developing Expertise in Protecting Intellectual Property in Digital Form

slide

Sharing Best Practices in Eliminating World Wide Counterfeiting of Technology

slide

Developing Best Practices to Help Reduce Warranty Fraud

Your strategic partner in the fight against four distinct threats to the high-technology industry.

AGMA_infographic 1

Gray marketing. Counterfeiting. Service and Warranty Abuse. Digital IP protection. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that intellectual property (IP) threats cost domestic companies more than $250 billion per year in lost revenues. Add to that the loss of approximately 750,000 jobs, and it is clear that more needs to be done to protect companies from these threats. To that end, AGMA (Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement), a non-profit organization and the largest group solely focused on IP protection in the high-tech industry, has identified four distinct areas of focus that must be closely guarded in order for the high-tech industry to thrive and contribute to economic prosperity, innovation and security. Join us.

Our Members

  • Cisco
  • Google
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • HP
  • IBM
  • Juniper Networks
  • Marvell
  • Microsoft
  • Moses & Singer
  • Rockwell Automation
  • Schneider Electric
  • Sideman & Bancroft
  • TD Synnex

AGMA Events

February 7 & 8, 2024
AGMA Americas Winter Conference
Clearwater, FL

May 8 & 9, 2024
AGMA APAC Spring Conference
Singapore

August 21 & 22, 2024
AGMA Americas Summer Conference
Sunnyvale, CA

November 13 & 14, 2024
AGMA EMEA Fall Conference
London

October 9, 2024
October Webinar 2024
Virtual


AGMA White Papers

AGMA/De La Rue & FiveBy White Paper: Brand Protection Insights from Industry Leaders in Gray Market, Counterfeit and IP Fraud Mitigation

The rapid growth of eCommerce in the last few years has provided a large conduit for counterfeit, warranty, and financial fraud. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) detailed a 254% increase in counterfeits traded internationally — from $200 billion in 2005 to $509 billion in 2016 . At the confluence of all these changes are the issues of mitigating counterfeit, reducing channel gray market, and preventing various fraud. Brand protection programs, and the solutions designed to support them, are impacted in ways they never imagined, and manufacturers and software companies need to be prepared to address new threats.

AGMA/KPMG White Paper: "Gray Markets: An Evolving Concern"

Unauthorized sales continue to raise costs and damage brand reputation, according to the latest AGMA/KPMG survey.

AGMA/Deloitte White Paper: "Winning the Away Game: Strategies to Enhance Compliance and Business Performance in Emerging Markets"

AGMA and Deloitte study provides insight into frameworks and leading practices for detecting, preventing, and reducing IP/brand protection and legal and regulatory risks in emerging economies.

AGMA/PwC White Paper: "Identifying the Gaps: Channel Compliance Contract Practices"

New AGMA and PwC study identifies gaps in channel compliance contracting practices. The study highlights the implications that weaknesses in contracting practices have upon channel compliance programs.

AGMA/CompTia White Paper: "IT Industry Warranty and Service Abuse-STEALING PROFITABILITY!"

New AGMA/CompTia white paper analyzes the Core Issues, New Solutions and Emerging Threats of warranty and service abuse in the IT industry today.

AGMA/Deloitte White Paper: "When Channel Incentives Backfire"

AGMA and Deloitte study points to channel incentive programs as significant contributors to gray market. This new study finds incentive programs cost high tech companies billions in lost profits and fuel the gray market.

AGMA/PricewaterhouseCoopers White Paper: "Service Blues"

This study stresses the importance of effectively managing the multi-billion dollar threat from product warranty and support abuse.

AGMA/KPMG White Paper: "The Gray Market"

New AGMA/KPMG gray market study exposes causes for billion dollar losses. The study highlights the importance of channel management in reducing the unauthorized reselling of new, branded IT products.

More AGMA Resources


Industry News

ABC 7 News Video with AGMA member Rick Nelson (Sideman & Bancroft).

Channel Operations, Compliance Programs and Halting Flow of Counterfeit Parts Discussed by High Tech Leaders

Presentations from AGMA Member Companies Cisco, Dolby and EMC Highlight Organization’s Quarterly Meeting