The Great Currency Robbery In a world of smoke and mirrors, a tale does unfold, Of legal tricks and shadow games, a story seldom told. A tale of two deceptions, entwined in equal sin, A dance of legal

A few days ago while I was reviewing my silver coins I came across a tube of my 1 oz Suriname Silver coins, that I bought about 7 years ago. This coin has quite an interesting story and most of my fellow

Counterfeit goods caused an estimated $323 billion worth of damage to the global economy in 2018. For some consumers, those damages included bodily harm and even death. There are two main types of

Reviewed by Ron Alvarez Paul Paradise has written a novel that is not only an absorbing investigative thriller but also a solid vehicle in which to experience the complexities of the counterfeiting and

By Ron Alvarez Title: PUERTO RICANS IN PARIS—Released June 10, 2016 Two NYPD counterfeit detective specialists (of Puerto Rican descent) get a visit from a Paris handbag designer (Collette) and her associate

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E-commerce is the new cool! With new and innovative features over the web, this means of shopping is becoming widely preferred to traditional retail services. The attention and rate of growth in the industry

simplyBrand Platform the simplyBrand team has developed a blockchain-based AI platform with a self-governance mechanism (crowdsourced) to identify and stop counterfeits (a USD 323 BN industry) in the global

In my previous blog post titled, “Trade Secrets Protection-Mindfulness,” I referred to an incident in Massachusetts in which a bad actor physically infiltrated a robotics company’s facility without notice.

The July/August, 2017, issue of PI Magazine includes a feature article written by Ron Alvarez, titled, "Investigating Intellectual Property (IP) Theft." The article takes a broad look at the

In the following intriguing video and article published in the Mirror on July 5, 2017, titled, "No More Cheap Knock-Offs: Here's How Scientists May Have Solved the Problem of Counterfeit Goods,"

Recently I was introduced to the "Intellectual Property" Facebook page by its moderator, Roxanne Andrieux. Roxanne began her career at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 1983 where her team

A recent article written by PAUL MOZUR, in the NY Times, on May 15, 2017, titled, "China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels From Ransomware Attack," reminded us of a number of troubling things,

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

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

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:

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,

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