Our Mission

AGMA’s primary focus is on industry and public education, sharing and developing best practices to effectively hinder threats to intellectual property and render these activities more difficult, undesirable and unprofitable. AGMA’s role is to present members and the industry with strategic ideas for addressing key IP protection issues, and to introduce better controls or processes in mitigating threats to IP.

Membership in AGMA provides access to important programs, strategies and tools for combating gray marketing and counterfeiting of branded products, service and warranty fraud and protection of IP in a digital format.




AGMA in the News

PC World “Identity Theft Goes Corporate”

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145164/identity_theft_goes_corporate.html

 

InformationWeek “Operation 'Cisco Raider' Nets $76 Million In Fake Gear”

http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206901053&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News

 

ChannelWeb/CRN: “Report: Warranty, Services Abuse Costs Vendors Billions Each Year”

http://www.crn.com/it-channel/220900395;jsessionid=5JVIQGFRQ03A3QE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN?queryText=scott+campbell

 

Processor: “Avoid an Equipment Fake-Out”

http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P3121/10ap21/10ap21/10ap21.asp&guid

 

Channel Insider: “American Power Conversion Joins AGMA”

http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/News/American-Power-Conversion-joins-AGMA-667009/

 

BusinessWeek: “HP Gets Tough on Ink Counterfeiters”

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_23/b4134044747987.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories

 

ChannelPro: “Counterfeiting: Trust but Verify”

http://www.channelprosmb.com/article/1648/Counterfeiting-Trust-but-Verify/

 

Computer World UK: “Keep Counterfeit Products Out of Your IT Shop”

http://www.computerworlduk.com/how-to/networking/220/keep-counterfeit-products-out-of-your-it-shop/

 

Investor’s.com: “Tech’s Gray Market Remains a Black Hole”

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/550182/201010121855/Techs-Gray-Market-Remains-A-Black-Hole-.aspx

 

The Wall Street Journal: “Tough Times for Independent IT Dealers”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703376504575492263117060630.html

 

The VAR Guy: “Deloitte & Touche, AGMA Battle Gray Market Technology Services”

http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/06/18/deloitte-touche-agma-battle-gray-market-technology-services/

 

The Seattle Times: “Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case About Costco Selling Omega Watches at Discount”

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011649088_costco20.html

 

BusinessWeek: “Debunking Common Myths About Counterfeits”

http://www.businessweek.com/print/technology/content/mar2010/tc2010031_985059.htm

 

BusinessWeek: “Fighting a Flood of Counterfeit tech Products”

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc20100228_486251.htm?chan=technology_ceo+guide+to+tech_ceo+guide+to+tech+--+consumer+tech+at+work

 

Politico: “Study: Fake Military Parts on the Rise”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32997.html

 

ChannelNomics: “Reports: Channel Incentive Programs Fall Short”

http://channelnomics.com/2011/06/30/reports-channel-incentive-programs-fall-short/

 

CRN: "Study: Channel Program Abuse Costs Vendors $1.4 Billion in Profit"

http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/230800034/study-channel-program-abuse-costs-vendors-1-4-billion-in-profit.htm

 

FedTech: “How to Avoid Counterfeit and Gray Market Products”

http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article.asp?item_id=1007

 

State Tech Magazine: “Ferreting Out Fakes”

http://www.statetechmag.com/issues/april-may-2011/ferreting-out-fakes.html

 

WIRED: “China Stalls IP Reform at Its Own Peril”

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/01/dyson-china-ip-reform/

 

CRN: “Channel Abuse Expanding into Digital IP”

http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/232602903/agma-channel-abuse-expanding-into-digital-ip.htm;jsessionid=rOUmaRJO32nP7Pz3cm3U8g**.ecappj03