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In Case You Missed It…

In case you missed my fellow former law enforcement colleagues (currently brand protection specialists) and I comment on topics such as:

  • Holding “Third Party Intermediaries” accountable
  • Identifying a counterfeiter’s “aggravating criminal conduct”
  • The parallels of counterfeit and narcotics investigations
  • The importance for brands to exhaust all resources in pursuit of law-enforcement attention…

…see the below link to the BP Forum column in the current issue of The Brand Protection Professional: A Practioner’s Journal (BPP.)

BP Forum VOL3N3

This article was first published in the Ninth Edition, Volume 3, Number 3 of  The Brand Protection Professional (BPP) on 20 September 2018.

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Ron Alvarez is an IP investigations and protection consultant and writer in New York City. He is a former NYPD lieutenant where he investigated robbery, narcotics, internal affairs, and fine art theft cases. Ron has since coordinated the private investigation of international fraud and money laundering cases, as well as IP-related investigations and research involving the four pillars of IP: copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Ron is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and earned a B.A. in Government and Public Administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan. He has written a number of articles for various investigative publications, as well as published "The World of Intellectual Property (IP) Protection and Investigations" in November 2021.

3 comments on “In Case You Missed It…

  1. Tom Maney FBI - Retired

    Excellent Information Ron

  2. Leah Evert-Burks

    Thanks for your great contribution to the BPP Ron!

  3. lebip2018

    Thank you for your great contribution to the BPP Ron!

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