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Ron Alvarez
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Intellectual Property (IP) Private Investigations Consultant/Blogger and Crime Fiction Self-Published Novelist
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2018-07-27 15:09
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2018-08-25 02:46
Transnational Pursuit of Sports Content Piracy
The following article titled, "La Liga Gets Tough on Piracy of Its Content" published in the NY Times on April 8, 2017, and written by The Associated Press, is a good example of a major sports
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2018-08-20 16:28
Anatomy of a Major Brand Owner/Chinese Police Counterfeit Investigation and Seizure
The following article published in China Plus on May 25, 2017, titled, "Chinese police crack country's biggest case of fake sports shoes", written by HU YIJING, epitomizes how a major seizure
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ronalvarez
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2018-08-16 17:20
Proactive Pursuit of Entertainment Content Pirates
In a June 13, 2017, Variety article, written by TODD SPANGLER, it publicized the creation of a coalition of entertainment organizations whose mission is to pursue content pirates (Alliance for Creativity
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ip
2018-08-16 00:59
RECENT 70 MILLION DOLLAR FAKE NIKE AIR JORDANS TAKEDOWN- Private Investigators Played Key Role
On August 7th the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest of five (5) persons for operating a counterfeit operation that resulted in the seizure of fake Nike Air
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ip
2018-08-14 20:04
Monitoring Your Brand on the Internet
One of many things a New York Times article titled, "A Small Table Maker Takes On Alibaba’s Flood of Fakes," published on March 17, 2017, and written by MICHAEL SCHUMAN, demonstrates is this:
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ip
2018-08-13 17:20
Chinese Consumers Outfoxed by Chinese Counterfeiters
The irony of what's reported in this June 7, 2017 article titled, "Chinese Factories Fake Shipping Addresses to Sell Counterfeit Air Jordans" posted on Jing Daily, and written by Yiling Pan,
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ip
2018-08-13 00:34
Patent Troll Supreme Court Decision has Strategy Implications for IP Private Investigations
The widely reported decision of the Supreme Court that limits the ability of plaintiffs (often 'patent trolls') to sue outside of the defendant's incorporated jurisdiction, appears to have strategic
ronalvarez
ip
2018-08-11 04:21
Is There a Different IP Protection Policy for Star Employees?
The following shared article titled, "Uber Threatens to Fire Star Engineer in Legal Battle Over Driverless Cars" posted in the NY Times on May 19, 2017, and written by Mike Issac, raises one
ronalvarez
ip
2018-08-09 17:27
Big Victory for One Brand's Zero Tolerance Anti-Counterfeit Policy
The following shared article titled, "Tracking Down a Counterfeiter, Bottle by Bottle, and Finding Justice" was published on the Corporate Counsel an ALM website on May 3, 2017, and written by
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ip
2018-08-09 01:57
Brand Protection Teams in Pursuit of E-Commerce Counterfeiters
The following shared article titled, "Growth of Online Shopping Spurs Trade in Counterfeit Products," was published in the Baltimore Sun on April 30, 2017, and written by Lorraine Mirabella.
ronalvarez
ip
2018-08-07 22:07
Self-Storage and Counterfeit Merchandise- A Growing Concern
In a November 2016 article in the New York Times titled: Counterfeiting Trade Settles Into a New York Standby: Self-Storage Units, written by Michael Wilson, it details a recent raid of a Queens self-storage
ronalvarez
ip
2018-08-06 21:28
The Need for IP Cargo Transporters to Conduct Background Screening of Their Customers—“Know Your Customer"
CASE STUDY In one of our recent investigations, a container leaves China en-route to a U.S. importer. The “bill of lading” indicates that the U.S. importer is receiving “cable” and, indeed, the importer
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2018-08-04 22:28
French IP Attorney Details Her Pursuit of Counterfeit Manufacturers in China
On December 23, 2016, IP Fridays.com published their podcast interview with French IP attorney Isabelle Bissey Pierre about enforcing IP rights in China. The interview runs about 25 minutes and provides
ronalvarez
ip
2018-08-04 00:39
U.S. Government Resources Dedicated to the Investigation and Prosecution of IP Crime
Knowing what U.S. government resources are dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of IP crime is essential for brand owners and IP protection specialists to have. That knowledge and understanding
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blockchain
2018-07-31 23:30
Introducing a Blockchain IP Protection StartUp Company - "Vaultitude"
As a follow-up to my previous post titled, “Blockchain Embraced in the Global Fight Against IP Theft,”[1] I was recently introduced to a start-up that is moving full speed ahead in applying blockchain
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blockchain
2018-07-30 00:42
Blockchain Research Embraced in Global Fight Against IP Theft
“If I understand Blockchain correctly, it will revolutionize tracking of goods somewhat like how GPS revolutionized navigation.” That statement was made by U.S. Congressman Ralph Abraham, member of the
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cryptocurrency
2018-07-28 23:29
Lawful Seizure of Cryptocurrency – Proceeds of Crime
It was recently reported in the Wall Street Journal that this past November in the Times Square area of New York City a man gets into what he thought was a car service vehicle, except, to his surprise,
ronalvarez
ip
2018-07-27 18:45
IP Fiction Story: Know Your Internet Presence
Katherine couldn’t fall back to sleep. She rose out of bed slowly, careful not to wake her husband and four-month-old baby boy. She put on her slippers, and eased her way through the narrow hallway of
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2018-07-27 18:13
The Perils of Using Chinese Contract Investigators
One of the essential strategies used by brand holders to acquire information about the promoters behind the counterfeiting of their IP is to seek out the assistance of reliable local contract investigators.
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2018-07-27 18:07
China to Australia Counterfeit Auto Parts Connection
It was widely reported in late May that Chinese authorities conducted a raid in the Guangzhou region, and seized 33,000 fake Toyota auto parts bound for Australia, as well as 55,000 bogus Toyota boxes.
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