You can get trapped in the basement of a store for two hours when the place is being raided.
From NY One:
“Hours after breaking up an alleged counterfeit ring operating out of a Chinatown store, police were surprised to get a call late Tuesday afternoon from shoppers trapped inside the store’s basement.
Police
Insurer Required to Defend Alleged Counterfeiter
Leora Hermann: “Insurer Required to Defend Alleged Counterfeiter”
Profile Of A Gumshoe
New Yorker (march 19, 2007): “Bag Man” (Profile of Harley Lewin, head of trademarks at Greenberg Traurig) (no online version). Harley’s proficiency with John Doe orders (honed while representing rock bands going against t-shirt counterfeitors) led to his being retained by Reebok, and the rest is history.
ROTOWIPER Brand Weed Wiper Triumphant
ArkansasBusiness.com: “New Zealand Manufacturer Gets Injunction Against Northwest Arkansas Group“:
Rotoworks International Ltd., a New Zealand farm implement manufacturer, received a preliminary injunction Monday in a trademark infringement case involving a bait-and-switch scheme by a northwest Arkansas group.
In the lawsuit filed by the Henry Law Firm of Fayetteville, Rotoworks claimed the defendants
Counterfeit Chic: Knockoff News 50
Counterfeit Chic: Knockoff News 50
First Ever Destruction Of Counterfeit Goods In Serbia
SD PETOSEVIC: “Fake NIKE Destroyed In Serbia.”
“According to the Customs Authorities, one of the major obstacles to destruction was the lack of suitable facilities in Serbia for destroying plastics, rubbers and other similar materials in an environmentally friendly way . . . 13,000 pairs of counterfeit running shoes, bearing the trademarks of
“Holographic Labels For Security”
Manufacturing Talk: “Holographic Labels For Security“:
“An ex-fashion model, Rodrigo Otazu’s move into jewellery has been embraced by a number of celebrities, including Britney Spears, who have worn his designs. The brand’s success has not gone unnoticed by counterfeiters, and when fake Otazu jewellery began to appear in non-authorised outlets such as market
70% Of China’s Internet Bandwidth
According to this website, quoting The Economist, 70% Of China’s Internet Bandwidth is used for the transfer of pirated films. HT IP Dragon, which also notes that in China, counterfeitors are putting ‘special trademarks’ on their counterfeits, to prevent counterfeitors from copying the copies (??).
WSJ Article On Counterfeit-Spotting
Wall St Journal today, page one (no free online version): “Gumshoe’s Intuition: Spotting Counterfeits At Port Of Antwerp” (profile of the ‘best counterfeit goods inspector in the world”).
Complaint in LV v. Landlord
Via Counterfeit Chic, a copy of a complaint filed last week in the Southern District of New York, in which Louis Vuitton, Burberry, and other owners of well-known trademarks, sue a landlord of properties in Chinatown where counterfeits are allegedly sold.