In early November, US Border Protection and Homeland Security officers seized 13,000 counterfeit designer products from California ports. If the goods were genuine, they would have fetched a retail price of $30M. Where did the tankers originate from? You guessed it,...
Online counterfeiting has been a widespread global issue for years. However, the Pandemic-induced dramatic shift in consumer behavior from bricks-and-mortar to e-commerce has exacerbated the problem for brand owners and customers. Simply put, online counterfeiting...
Counterfeit vaccination card For COVID-19 related scams are not new phenomena, but the latest coronavirus pandemic-related scam could spread the virus and prolong the pandemic. This new scam also has many legal ramifications. The 4” X 3” white COVID-19 vaccination...
Trademark is Key to a Successful Takedown of Counterfeits Counterfeiting was already a billion-dollar industry with the internet being a major enabler of its global growth. The rate of digital transformation is unstoppable, and COVID-19 has forced shoppers to rely...
President Trump signed the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) on December 27, 2020, which contains significant trademark law changes, as part of the coronavirus relief bill. Consumers rely on trademarks to know the source of the products they are buying. The United...
On January 24th, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security released a report titled “Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods.” This report was a response to the Presidential Memorandum that was released on April 3, 2019 titled “Memorandum on Combating...