Localnews Us counterfeit merchandise will be subject to seizure, and anyone found guilty of producing, selling or trafficking counterfeit merchandise will be subject to http://www.localnews1.net/NEWS/news7_01/ice.html
Extractions: "ICE’s broad authorities and expertise in combating trade fraud, financial crimes, and smuggling makes ICE uniquely positioned to combat the global threat posed by counterfeiters," said Brian M. Moskowitz, Special Agent in Charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Detroit. "Our enforcement efforts target a criminal industry that costs the U.S. economy nearly a quarter trillion dollars annually." “This anti-counterfeiting Task Force has been assembled to accomplish one single mission; to protect the thousands of Major League Baseball fans who will participate in 2005 All-Star Week in Detroit," said Ethan Orlinsky, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Major League Baseball Properties. “Counterfeiting is a serious offense that is constantly monitored by the participating local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, and we will work together to ensure fans that every licensed product purchased during 2005 All-Star Week is of the high quality associated with the Major League Baseball brand.”
RFID Technology And EPC In Retail place at the right time; Block receipt of defective and counterfeit merchandise A barrier to the sale and distribution of counterfeit merchandise http://www.symbol.com/products/whitepapers/RFID_and_EPC_in_Retail.html
Extractions: Contact Symbol Investor Relations Careers Home ... Environmental Compliance Mobility Learning Center Home Mobility Learning Center Document Library Print Page ... Webinars The ability to access information anytime, anywhere is vital in today's fast-paced world. More than ever, people need mobile information solutions to improve productivity and operate more efficiently. This technical brief discusses the impact of RFID on retailers, future innovations in retailing and recent developments in widespread deployments. RFID technology is used to tag, identify and track individual items, cases and pallets as they move from the manufacturing floor through the supply chain and into the hands of the buyer or consumer. As the objects move through the supply chain, wireless RFID readers can communicate with an RFID tag on the object, collect information about the object (such as a unique number) and match that number in a database to access a complete record about the object. This real-time technology provides unprecedented speed and accuracy in the supply chain. Pallet with EPC tag Electronic product code (EPCâ¢) is a new standard that is reviewed in the second section of this brief. EPC is well positioned to become the open standard for RFID technology and a key information tool in the retail supply chain. EPC-RFID has great potential to deliver bottom-line business benefits on a mass scale.
Local News - The Daily Times - Www.delmarvanow.com In 2001, following an explosion in counterfeit merchandise after the death of stock car legend Dale Earnhardt at the Daytona 500, NASCAR adopted a new http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050604/NEWS01/506040302/
Cash, Fake Goods Seized From Business Authorities said they were tipped off to the counterfeit merchandise being sold from the business during AllStar Game activities. http://www.freep.com/news/locway/merchandise28e_20050728.htm
Extractions: FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER That Vicks inhaler you bought from the corner drugstore last weekend? It might be a fake. Those Duracell batteries you just put in your smoke detector could be phony, too. So says the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, which alleges it uncovered thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit merchandise from batteries to Oakley sunglasses to baseball caps sporting trademarked team logos during a Wednesday raid of a business in Dearborn Heights. About $15,000 in cash also was seized from Private Collections, a T-shirt printing and hat-embroidering business. Authorities said the business sold the counterfeit products to area stores, which in turn sold them to customers. They said they don't know how many stores in the region were stocked with the sham items. "We definitely feel there's well in excess of $10,000 in products," said Sgt. Larry Crider. A man who Sheriff's Office officials said was in charge of the operation was arrested but wasn't identified. Authorities would only say that he lives in Dearborn Heights and is in his 30s. If charged and convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and possible federal charges, Crider said.
AU-licensing All counterfeit merchandise is subject to seizure, and counterfeiters will be apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, says Bruce Siegal http://www.auburn.edu/administration/univrel/news/archive/11_95news/11_95licensi
Extractions: Both universities receive a percentage on each piece of officially licensed merchandise sold, but the sale of counterfeit merchandise costs Auburn University and the University of Alabama thousands of dollars in lost revenues each year. As the exclusive licensing representative for both universities, CLC is responsible for protecting and enforcing the universities' trademark rights. As one of the most heated rivalries in the nation, the Auburn-Alabama game is a potential target for counterfeiters who want to produce and sell knock-off merchandise. CLC representatives have been present at the annual showdown for the past 10 years, a nd have worked closely with law enforcement officials statewide to combat the counterfeiting problem. This year, CLC will work closely with Auburn law enforcement officials, along with representatives from AU, to patrol the marketplace before, during and after the game. All counterfeit merchandise is subject to seizure, and counterfeiters will be apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, says Bruce Siegal, vice president and general counsel for CLC.
SHORE INTEGRITY SERVICES, LLC For suspected counterfeit merchandise/trademark violations the public is requested to contact More than $72000.00 in counterfeit merchandise was seized. http://shorewatch.com/_wsn/page4.html
Extractions: Shore Integrity Services, LLC (SIS), a national security consulting and investigative firm specializing in helping businesses protect their physical assets and intellectual property rights, is proud to announce that it has been selected by Anthill Trading, LLC/West Coast Choppers to protect and enforce their trademark rights for West Coast Choppers, Jesse James, Choppers for Life and Chopper Dogs licensed merchandise. Company President, Lynwood Smith, CFE, stated "This is quite an honor being selected to protect the hottest items on the market. And with the FBI now linking bootlegged apparel to terrorism and the bombing of the New York World Trade Center, I will especially enjoy seeking out and eliminating those companies and individuals involved with such activity."
The Big Picture - Terrorists Profit From Counterfeiting Hezbollah operatives had been caught trafficking in counterfeit merchandise, the sale of counterfeit merchandise and other criminal enterprises, http://www.bigpicweblog.com/exp/index.php/weblog/comments/terrorists_profit_from
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Extractions: Search Automotive Travel Dating Career ... News Email This Story Print This Story POSTED: 4:45 pm PDT August 8, 2005 UPDATED: 6:22 pm PDT August 8, 2005 LOS ANGELES Police say more than 1,300 counterfeit watches valued at more than $1.5 million have been confiscated in Los Angeles. Police say the LAPD's Hollywood vice unit served a search warrant Friday for counterfeit merchandise at a building on trendy Melrose Avenue. Detectives and investigators from Investigative Consultants, a private security consulting firm, confiscated counterfeit Rolex, Tag Heuer, Breitling and other brand watches. Capt. Michael Moriarty said the department does not have the resources to make such investigations a priority. Many high-end merchandise companies hire private investigation firms. "They had conducted an investigation and put together an affidavit in support of probable cause," said Moriarty.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News After pleading guilty in May to trafficking counterfeit merchandise, Every dollar spent on counterfeit merchandise is one less dollar at Liberty House http://starbulletin.com/2000/10/25/news/story9.html
Extractions: Star-Bulletin U.S. Customs officials literally steamrolled over thousands of fake designer watches and other items near the International Marketplace in Waikiki today in hopes of discouraging vendors from selling counterfeit merchandise. The 3,000 phony watches, sunglasses and pieces of jewelry were seized from David and Cindy Giang's Kapahulu home in June 1996 following a two-year undercover operation. The items were ordered destroyed by the court. "We would consider them as a significant supplier," U.S. Customs Service Supervisory Special Agent Michael Cox said of the Giangs. After pleading guilty in May to trafficking counterfeit merchandise, David Giang was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison and fined $15,000. Cindy Giang was sentenced to eight months and $10,000. The destroyed fake merchandise included trademarks of Rolex, Boy London, Christian Dior, Chanel, Pierre Nicole, Tag Heuer, Geneva, Dunhill, Guess and even Disney's Mickey Mouse. Officials valued the items at about $200,000 to $250,000 wholesale. Wholesalers bought watches for about $50 each and sold them to individuals for at least double that amount, Cox said.
Thisweek Online This is the first counterfeit merchandise case ever prosecuted in Dakota County and one of the largest fraudulent business schemes we have encountered, he http://www.thisweek-online.com/2003/july/28oakleycontfeit.html
Extractions: Thisweek Newspapers An Eagan man has been charged with two counts of counterfeiting for allegedly selling counterfeit Oakley sunglasses over the Internet. Joseph Francis Werb, 25, allegedly sold thousands of replica sunglasses with Oakley markings along with counterfeit purses, clothing and watches between February of 2002 and May of 2003, according to the Dakota County Attorneys Office. According to the complaint, the Eagan Police Department was contacted by a private investigator working on behalf of Oakley, Inc. about a possible illegal distribution of counterfeit Oakley sunglasses over the Internet. The complaint states that four cease and desist letters had been sent to a post office box listed on the Web site located at a St. Paul UPS store. The letters advised the Web site that it was violating the Trademark Act and demanded that it immediately cease and desist the sale of the knockoff glasses.
The Transformer Association Chinese national sentenced to prison for dealing in counterfeit merchandise in counterfeit merchandise illegally imported from his native China. http://www.transformer-assn.org/counterfeit.htm
Extractions: Chinese national sentenced to prison for dealing in counterfeit merchandise United States Attorney Michael Shelby announced today that Zheng Xiao Yi, a citizen of the Peoples Republic of China who owned and operated an import and wholesale business in the Harwin Drive area of Houston, has been sentenced to more than five (5) years in federal prison for trafficking in counterfeit goods. At a hearing held Feb. 14, 2005, Yi was sentenced to serve a total of 63 months in federal prison for trafficking in counterfeit merchandise illegally imported from his native China. Zheng also faces deportation upon his release from prison. Zheng, the owner of XYZ Trading Corp., located at 7018 Harwin Drive, Houston, Texas, was convicted in July 2004 following a jury trial of six counts of trafficking and attempting to traffic in merchandise imported from China carrying counterfeit trademarks. The counterfeit trademarks were identical with or substantially indistinguishable from genuine trademarks registered to The Gillette Company, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Marvel Enterprises, Inc., and Nike Inc., including Duracell batteries and flashlights, Spider-Man figures, extension cords and power- strips and Nike slippers. The jury's verdicts were returned following a four day trial during which the United States proved that Zheng, a Harwin Drive importer and wholesaler, trafficked in counterfeit goods imported from China between August 2003 and November 2003.
Arrests After Counterfeiting Raid On Sydney Markets - National - Smh.com.au Counterfeit clothing, footwear and sunglasses worth about $300000 have been seized in this type of trade in counterfeit merchandise on notice, he said. http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Arrests-after-counterfeiting-raid-on-Sydney-
Extractions: @import url("/css/smh.css"); Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Text Version @import url("http://fdimages.fairfax.com.au/cui/netstrip-20050427.css"); NEWS MYCAREER DOMAIN DRIVE ... register May 21, 2005 - 7:57PM Counterfeit clothing, footwear and sunglasses worth about $300,000 have been seized by police during a raid on Sydney's Parklea Markets. Police charged 16 people with more than 200 offences after they raided several stalls about 9am (AEST) on Saturday. Immigration authorities were also involved in the operation. Quakers Hill Local Area Commander, Superintendent Brett Henderson said the sale of counterfeit goods would not be tolerated. "Today's operation puts anyone involved in this type of trade in counterfeit merchandise on notice," he said. "If you're manufacturing, selling or trading in fake goods, you will be caught." Police would continue to track a number of people connected to the raids, Supt Henderson said. Two people alleged to be illegal immigrants were also arrested during the operation, police said.
2003/11/19 County selling counterfeit merchandise, we opened an investigation. in Nassau County and purchasing counterfeit merchandise purportedly made by such http://www.nassauda.org/dawebpage/pressreleases/counterfeit trademarking release
Extractions: DENIS DILLON 262 OLD COUNTRY ROAD DISTRICT ATTORNEY MINEOLA, NY TELEPHONE (516) 571-2994 OFFICE of the DISTRICT ATTORNEY NASSAU COUNTY FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION NOVEMBER 19, 2003 CONTACT RICK HINSHAW http://www.nassauda.org DA DILLON ANNOUNCES ARRESTS IN SALE OF FAKE DESIGNER MERCHANDISE "Our investigators began visiting stores in Nassau County and purchasing counterfeit merchandise purportedly made by such top designers as Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Fendi. They also observed items purportedly made by Burberry, Hermes, Rolex, Gucci, and Cartier, which they also believed to be counterfeit. Eventually each such location was searched and the counterfeit merchandise seized.
The Beatles Collectors' Reference Center Home Page Specializes in information on Beatles counterfeit items, unauthorized merchandise, and other facts for collectors. http://members.fortunecity.com/bcrc/index.html
Gianni Versace S.p.A. V. 1154979 Ontario Ltd. or counterfeit, Versace merchandise, without consent, authorization or testSale of inferior counterfeit Versace merchandise damages Versace s http://recueil.cmf.gc.ca/fc/2004/fic/v2/2004fc33134.html
US - Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Protection Act Of 1996 The AntiCounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996 seeks to curtail further the counterfeiting of merchandise. Ladas Parry August 1996 Newsletter. http://www.ladas.com/BULLETINS/1996/0896Bulletin/US1.0896.html
Extractions: Newsletters and Bulletins August 1996 / United States United States - Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996 On July 2, 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996 (the "Act"). Prompted by the increased involvement of organized crime in counterfeiting activities, as well as the adverse effects of counterfeiting upon intellectual property owners, consumers and the United States economy, the Act seeks to curtail further the counterfeiting of merchandise.
