The Joplin Globe - Online Edition prepare to host Minnesota in this citys firstever NFL playoff game on Sunday,the NFL and local police will be on the lookout for counterfeit merchandise. http://www.joplinglobe.com/archives/2000/000113/sports/story4.html
Extractions: ST. LOUIS A year ago, stores couldnt give away Rams merchandise. Now, a replica blue and goal Kurt Warner No. 13 or Marshall Faulk No. 28 jersey is harder to find than home run king Mark McGwires No. 25. Problem is, licensed merchandisers arent the only ones taking advantage of the hysteria that came with an NFC-best 13-3 record. And as the Rams prepare to host Minnesota in this citys first-ever NFL playoff game on Sunday, the NFL and local police will be on the lookout for counterfeit merchandise. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Wednesday that four teams of NFL investigators will arrive in St. Louis Saturday to seek out those peddling counterfeit goods. One man, Ramanuel Kimble, 44, of Arlington, Texas, was indicted last month for selling fake Rams merchandise near the Trans World Dome. He faces felony charges. A trial date has not been set. Police and league officials believe others are doing it, too.
Sacbee.com // Sports // Kings Since its inception, CAPS has helped law enforcement seize more than $100 millionin counterfeit merchandise and prosecute 1,760 defendants in criminal and http://classic.sacbee.com/sports/kings/articles/2000/apr/20000430kings5.html
Extractions: Sound small time? It's not. Together, the NBA, National Football League, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball and the licensing arm of the National Collegiate Athletic Association are spending millions of dollars each year to, in effect, fund a sports merchandise police force. Their objective: to protect their brand labels and to investigate and ensure the prosecution and conviction of those who illegally try to cash in on the multibillion-dollar sports apparel industry. The counterfeit shirts bought in Sacramento on Friday a transaction whose details are being kept secret by NBA officials were purchased by a member of an anti-counterfeiting group known as CAPS.
Kenyon & Kenyon Prior to joining Kenyon Kenyon, Ms. Kaplan supervised and ran worldwide investigationsinvolving counterfeit merchandise, and organized and participated in http://www.kenyon.com/attybio.cfm?FullName=Dana R. Kaplan
Banner & Witcoff successfully obtained ex parte orders from the Federal Courts authorizing the seizureand destruction of a variety of counterfeit merchandise, including audio http://www.bannerwitcoff.com/areas.cfm?area=15
IRB In addition, measures are being taken to stop imitation and counterfeit merchandisegetting past customs and being sold on the streets, in shops and to an http://www.irb.com/intouch/130303/rwc_brand.cfm
Extractions: 6 APR 2003 HOME IN TOUCH NEWS PRESS RELEASES ... IRB EVENTS Protecting the Rugby World Cup Brand - The Benefits to the Game 13 MARCH 2003 In terms of global awareness and reach, Rugby World Cup is considered to be the third most important sporting event behind the Olympics and the soccer World Cup. RWC 2003 is expected to be watched by a world wide television audience exceeding 3 billion and by more than 2 million spectators in the 11 Australian venues staging the Tournament. Participation in Rugby World Cup is the summit of every player's ambition. It is not only a great sporting event and a true festival of rugby, but the success of the Tournament is vital for the generation of revenues for the development and expansion of the sport globally. Surplus funds raised from Rugby World Cup facilitate a wide range of development initiatives throughout the world. Commercial Programme Such support and investment are of great value to the sport and, as a consequence, it is essential to protect the exclusive association with the Tournament. A Commercial Programme has been developed around the Tournament, which grants exclusive rights of association with Rugby World Cup to the Commercial Partners (sponsors, licensees and suppliers) whose investment helps fund the development of the sport.
Boom In Holiday E-Commerce Brings Fear Of Increased Consumer Fraud software and other fraudulent merchandise by educating themselves about both theproducts they want to buy and the telltale signs of counterfeit merchandise. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/nov00/11-21safeshop.asp
Extractions: Boom in Holiday E-Commerce Brings Fear of Increased Consumer Fraud REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 15, 2000 This time of year, Santa is busy making his list and checking it twice. To keep up with the times, he's probably checking that list on a computer database and then cross-referencing his address list on the Internet. If so, Santa won't be the only one using the Internet this holiday season: the Gartner Group consulting firm estimates consumers will spend more than $19.5 billion in online shopping transactions this holiday season twice last year's total. However, the ease of Internet shopping and the anonymity of the Web combine to form a troubling specter of Holidays Yet To Come. A sizeable percentage of the commerce that will take place over the Internet this holiday season will involve counterfeit or fraudulent merchandise. The International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) estimates that trademark infringement and counterfeiting robs the United States of $200 billion annually. Internet shopping and auction sites have become a major venue for the dissemination of counterfeit goods. While the majority of Internet businesses are honest, the anonymity of the Web makes it easy for criminals to sell counterfeit and fraudulent materials.
Market Rules ( We love antiques, collectibles and memorabilia) The market does not condone thesale of counterfeit merchandise and is not responsible for merchandise sold. http://www.chattanoogafleamarket.com/rules.htm
Extractions: The following rules and regulations are intended to benefit every vendor and provide a safe, clean environment to conduct business. Vendors will be notified of any changes or additions to these rules and regulations. Hours: Fridays 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Vendors Setup Only Saturdays 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Sundays 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Vendors must sign in and out during the vendor setup day and will be required to stay within their designated space. No variations to the above hours will be permitted. This is intended to provide additional security for vendor's merchandise left during the week. Vendors are required to open for sales promptly at 9:00 AM and remain open until the 6:00 PM closing time. Space Rental: All spaces must be paid for at the office prior to setting up. NO REFUNDS Rent for indoor spaces must be paid in full at the MARKET office by or received at our post office box by the Friday before the weekend you operate at the MARKET. Vendors vacating spaces are required to remove merchandise on the Sunday of the last weekend rented. Rent for outdoor spaces may be paid each day. For security reasons, the MARKET management requests that rents be mailed to our post office box. Rent payment address: Make checks or money orders payable to: FROGEL PROPERTIES, INC., P. O. BOX 728, CHATTANOOGA, TN 37401-9998
Rouse & Co. International - On match days when there are thousands of supporters travelling to and from the ground,a perfect opportunity for counterfeit merchandise to be sold is created http://www.iprights.com/our_publications/articles/article43.asp?articleID=43
May 10, Central Park A bit further downtown, along Canal Street, the sidewalks are lined with foreignruncarts and small shops, all crammed full with counterfeit merchandise. http://www.farmertan.com/daily/051001/
Extractions: Easter Sunday Another walk uptown this afternoon after work. Today, I ventured off Broadway and cut, instead, through the heart of Soho and Greenwich Village including a brief roundabout through Washington Square Park. Perhaps the single most interesting part of the walk was midway up Wooster Street, strolling past all the galleries in Soho, when I suddenly realized it had grown startlingly quiet. No traffic roared down the narrow cobblestone street and the only other pedestrians wandering the sidewalks did so quietly and in their own personal rhythm. For that brief moment, there in the middle of Manhatten, the big city actually seemed quaint and peaceful. Which is exactly when I looked over my shoulder for the mugger sneaking up behind me. Of course, there was none. But a much worse crime is commited everyday in this bustling metropolis. A bit further downtown, along Canal Street, the sidewalks are lined with foreign-run carts and small shops, all crammed full with counterfeit merchandise. From Rolex watches to Fendi handbags to Mont Blanc pens, anything you desire can be purchased for a slim five dollar bill. It's a wild and crazy place, this big city. I'll be glad to be home for the weekend, nonetheless.
Optical Security, OpSec, Licensed, Products Protecting Your Mark Is Crucial As a licensor, counterfeit merchandisethreatens to reduce the value of your mark and steal your royalties. http://www.aotgroup.com/opsec/brochures/licensed.htm
Francis Bacon Research Trust - Quotes kind of expression is disgraced in these later times by many, who have made itas a dubious and false light for the vent of their counterfeit merchandise. http://www.fbrt.org.uk/pages/quotes/quotes/quotes-hide_and_seek.html
Extractions: For he [Solomon] sayeth expressly, the Glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the Glory of a King is to find it out Proverbs xxv, 2]: as if according to that innocent and affectionate play of Children, the Divine Majesty took delight to hide his works, to the end to have them found out; and as if Kings could not obtain greater Honour, than to be God's play-fellows in that game; specially considering the great command they have of wits and means, whereby the investigation of all things may be perfected. Francis Bacon, Advancement of Learning (1605), Bk I. For it was not that pure and immaculate Natural knowledge, by the light whereof Adam gave names unto the creatures, according to the propriety of their natures, which gave the first motion and occasion to the Fall; but it was that proud and imperative appetite of Moral knowledge, defining the laws and limits of Good and Evil, with an intent in man to revolt from God and to give laws unto himself, which was indeed the project of the primitive temptation. For, of the knowledges which contemplate the works of Nature, the holy philosopher hath said expressly, that the glory of God is to conceal a thing, but the glory of the king is to find it out
Seizures And Forfeitures The disposition of seized counterfeit merchandise which has beenforfeited is governed by 19 USC 1526. Pursuant to sections 1526 http://articles.corporate.findlaw.com/articles/file/00015/005877/title/Subject/t
Extractions: Research Tools: Business Contracts Litigation Watch Article Database SEC Edgar Industry Centers: Automotive Construction Consumer Products Energy ... Wholesale Practice Area Centers: ADR Antitrust Bankruptcy Class Action Defense ... White Collar Crime FindLaw Links: Legal Software Message Boards Newsletters Online CLE Email: Password: Register Help Feedback Seizures and Forfeitures U.S. Customs Department Why Seizures? Some merchandise seized is prohibited (narcotics, hazardous materials), and some is merely restricted (subject to trade embargoes such as those against Iran, North Korea, Cuba, etc.). Some merchandise is seized due to violation of entry requirements (failure to declare, false valuation to reduce duty, etc.). Some is seized to secure payment of a penalty. What Happens Next? Due Process: All seizures, forfeitures, mitigation, and property dispositions are strictly governed by laws designed to afford the greatest possible due process. a. Seizure Notice:
2000047 Thursday, June 22, 2000 But now those who peddled this counterfeit merchandise, in order topad their bank accounts, will be held accountable and punished. . http://www.bronxda.net/press_releases/2000_individual_press_releases/2000047_thu
Extractions: Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson and New York City Police Commissioner Howard Safir announced today that an 10 month joint undercover investigation has resulted in the arrests of at least 17 major suppliers of counterfeit designer label clothing. Bronx District Attorney Johnson said: "These arrests represent pro-active law enforcement at its best and are the result of exemplary interagency cooperation and professionalism. Until we stepped in everybody was losing except the alleged thieves. The industry was losing tens of millions of dollars in revenue, the city and state were losing tax revenue and consumers were being defrauded. But now those who peddled this counterfeit merchandise, in order to pad their bank accounts, will be held accountable and punished." Commissioner Safir said: "Trademark infringement is a crime that has many victims, but at the end of the day it’s always the consumer who bears the brunt of the loss. This case demonstrates that whether you are trading counterfeit goods on the streets of Broadway or in the showrooms of Fifth Avenue, your crimes will be uncovered and you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law." The law firm, Gursky & Ederer, P.C., which represents the vast majority of the designer labels that were victimized by the counterfeiters issued the following statement: "Our clients value their relationships with their customers and have spent years establishing an environment in which the customers have come to expect a high level of quality, style and performance from these brands. The sale of counterfeit merchandise can jeopardize these important relationships and harm the brand and the consumers. We believe the arrest and criminal prosecution of counterfeiters is the most effective deterrent."
Activities The distributors of counterfeit merchandise often justify themselves with thesedistorted brand names, although the law regards even the use of similar http://www.cipr.org/activities/conferences/riga_07_2001/aripaev_071601.htm
Extractions: Search this site: July 16, 2001 Pirates Discover the Estonian "Nokia" by Virkko Lepassalu Over the past few years, Customs has confiscated tens of thousands of counterfeit or pirated items, but the question, what is to become of all these impounded goods, remains unanswered. Customs Board warehouses are almost at a bursting point because of all the seized goods being stored there. Presently, among the most commonly pirated industrial products, Nokia has taken the number one spot away from Christian Dior perfume. Customs Service specialist Ivar Kasema asserts that last year nearly 12,000 batteries, cellular phones, and other miscellaneous items bearing the Nokia trademark were determined to be counterfeit. These were manufactured in China, Hong Kong, and even in Great Britain. This year there have been about twenty incidents involving the confiscation of Nokia-brand products. Customs agents have already identified a total of 805 items as pirated goods, while thousands are still being processed. According to a report released Friday by the industrial intellectual property organization CIPR (Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights), damages caused by the pirating of intellectual property in the three Baltic states reach a total of 100 million dollars, or many billions of crowns a year. "If we look around in government agencies, we see that the bench seating intellectual property defenders is quite short," says the CIPR's Estonian representative Juri Estam, who nevertheless admits that progress is being made.
Policies And Information Unfortunately, there are many sellers offering fake/counterfeit merchandiseboth on the Internet and in shops around the world. http://www.thepurseangel.com/form.htm
Extractions: Policies and Information Categories HomePage New Items Fendi Gucci Gucci Wallets/Acc Prada Kate Spade Men's Items Accessories - Key Holders Accessories - Belts/Shoes Accessories - Scarves Assessories - Sunglasses Other Designers Designer Wallets Consignment Store Moschino Vintage Purses Gemstone Jewelry Quick Links: Thank you and blessings be ~ Danita General Information All of our handbags, clothing and accessories are authentic ~ and come with a money-back guarantee on authenticity. Our apologies for any inconvenience ~ however we do not accept personal or business checks. You may also fax your order to us with the above information at: 713-682-7004 Danita's does not sell wholesale. Please note that all measurements in our descriptions are **approximate measurements. If you would like an exact measurement of an item ~ please contact us Contact Danita's ~ 1-877-663-6494 (Toll Free)
FPC - Tour Security merchandiser. This counterfeit merchandise is inferior and cheaperand can take many of the sales away from the original goods. We http://www.fpcsecurity.co.uk/TourRoad.htm
Extractions: Security is of vital importance to any tour or roadshow and this can either be in the form of one security consultant or a security team. The security staff need to have an existence knowledge of health and safety at indoor and outdoor events and must be able to implement plans regarding the safety of the band and crew by liasing with the tour management. local authorities and the police. This planning ensure the tour or roadshow is covered with the maximum safety of all concerned. Merchandising security is also an ever increasing growth area as music, sport, film and television personalities sell their official merchandise whilst touring or when making personal appearances. Unfortunately, this also means that there is an increasing presence of merchandise that has not been authorised by the official merchandiser. This counterfeit merchandise is inferior and cheaper and can take many of the sales away from the original goods. sk Home Services Planning ... Contact Us
Beware Designer Items! Through the auction of counterfeit merchandise, people attempt to tradeoff of CHANEL's wellearned reputation. These auctions not http://www.auctionbytes.com/pages/abu/y201/m04/abu0036/s05
Extractions: April 22, 2001 A reader wrote to me telling me that her auction was pulled from eBay, and wondered if I knew anything that might help her figure out why. What I discovered amazed me. The auction in question was a Chanel necklace. Our reader, Marina, bought the necklace from an estate sale. She listed the necklace on eBay, which then pulled the auction citing VERO. http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/vero-program.html Here's Chanel's explanation of its participation in eBay's VERO program from its AboutMe page http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/chanelusa "CHANEL has expended considerable resources to develop and maintain a reputation for providing the highest quality products and services to its customers. Through the auction of counterfeit merchandise, people attempt to trade off of CHANEL's well-earned reputation. These auctions not only cause monetary damage, but also damage CHANEL's reputation, as many of the purchasers of inferior counterfeit products will attribute the poor quality merchandise to Chanel. Having spent many years cultivating its strong reputation, CHANEL must take action to ensure that online auctions of counterfeit goods are ended, even by single-item sellers." I wrote to Chanel, and its lawyer contacted Marina and sent her an email: >>>> This message is written to you on behalf of Chanel, Inc. ("Chanel"). Chanel believes that the necklace you offered for sale on eBay is an infringing copy of a genuine Chanel necklace. If you wish, you may send your necklace to us at the following address for verification of authenticity:
Welcom To Previewkorea.com Alterations are easy to negations or refunds are difficult to arrangethrough the mail. ¨counterfeit merchandise, can be a risk. http://www.previewkorea.com/buy-tips.htm
Extractions: Dongdaemun Markets English is spoken in some of the major department stores and the whole Itaewon shopping district. Although many shops are using the fixed price system, you may have a chance to bargain with cash. Department stores all have fixed prices. It is a good idea to try on all tailored clothing before making the final payment. Alterations are easy to negations or refunds are difficult to arrange through the mail Counterfeit merchandise, can be a risk. Customs staff in the home country check carefully for counterfeit merchandise, and imitation designer goods can be confiscated. Antique items over 50 years old, including chests and paintings and pottery, may not be exported without permission. Shop owners can provide the information on these procedures. Reproductions of antiques are available the Insadong and Itaewon areas.
INTA | News Release Rick Hedrick and his Zmax Digital Graphics Systems Inc. of Orlando, Florida,aren't accused of making or selling counterfeit merchandise. http://www.inta.org/press/news2002_08.shtml
Penalties And Forfeiture At LAWDOG® Center The disposition of seized counterfeit merchandise which has been forfeitedis governed by 19 USC 1526. Under sections 1526(e) and http://www.lawdog.com/transport/export/custom26.htm
Extractions: Penalties and Forfeiture Providing False Information Providing false information to U.S. Customs related to the importation of merchandise into the United States may be a criminal and, or, civil violation. Primary laws associated with violations found in Title 18 U.S. Code and other Titles, including the following: 18 USC 541 Entry of goods falsely classified In addition, violations of Title 18 Sections 542 and 545 provide a basis to charge money laundering under Sections 1956 and 1957. Funds used to promote the violations of Title 18 Sections 542 and 545 or the proceeds of the violations may be forfeited to the U.S. government through Sections 981 and 982. The U.S. Customs Service shares forfeited assets with domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies who participated in the investigations. www.customs.ustreas.gov
