Big Victory for One Brand’s Zero Tolerance Anti-Counterfeit Policy
The following shared article titled, “Tracking Down a Counterfeiter, Bottle by Bottle, and Finding Justice” was published on the Corporate CounselContinue Reading
Author: Ron Alvarez
Ron Alvarez is an IP Investigations / Protection writer and licensed private investigator in New York City. He is a former NYPD lieutenant where he investigated robbery, narcotics, internal affairs, and fine art theft cases. 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 published a number of articles on various investigative topics for PI Magazine. Ron is certified by the Interpol-International IP Crime Investigators College (IIPCIC.) as a "Transnational and Organized Crime Intellectual Property (IP) Investigator."
Brand Protection Teams in Pursuit of E-Commerce Counterfeiters
The following shared article titled, “Growth of Online Shopping Spurs Trade in Counterfeit Products,” was published in the Baltimore Sun onContinue Reading
Self-Storage and Counterfeit Merchandise- A Growing Concern
In a November 2016 article in the New York Times titled: Counterfeiting Trade Settles Into a New York Standby: Self-StorageContinue Reading
Staggering Counterfeit and Piracy Report
The following article was written and published by the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) on March 15, 2017. “In FebruaryContinue Reading
The Need for IP Cargo Transporters to Conduct Background Screening of Their Customers—“Know Your Customer”
CASE STUDY In one of our recent investigations, a container leaves China en-route to a U.S. importer. The “bill ofContinue Reading
IP Crime Blog.com Receives Shout-Out from PI Magazine
http://www.pimagazine.com/ Disclaimer: IPPIBlog.com is offered as a service to the professional IP community. While every effort hasContinue Reading
Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy–Roles and Responsibilities of Intermediaries
The BASCAP paper on ‘Roles and Responsibilities of Intermediaries: Fighting counterfeiting and piracy in the supply chain’ sets out stepsContinue Reading
French IP Attorney Details Her Pursuit of Counterfeit Manufacturers in China
On December 23, 2016, IP Fridays.com published their podcast interview with French IP attorney Isabelle Bissey Pierre about enforcing IPContinue Reading
Book Review: The Counterfeit Detective By Paul R. Paradise 244 pp (Koehler Books-2015)
Reviewed by Ron Alvarez Paul Paradise has written a novel that is not only an absorbing investigative thriller but alsoContinue Reading
IPFridays.com Interview with Ron Alvarez
Ron is interviewed by IP Attorney Ken Suzan about tracking IP “Proceeds of Crime” and money laundering, as well asContinue Reading
U.S. Government Resources Dedicated to the Investigation and Prosecution of IP Crime
Knowing what U.S. government resources are dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of IP crime is essential for brand ownersContinue Reading
IP Fiction Story: Know Your Internet Presence
By Ron Alvarez Katherine couldn’t fall back to sleep. She rose out of bed slowly, careful not to wake herContinue Reading
IP Continuing Education: Michigan State University, Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection
As another school year is about to begin, it is a good time for us IP crime and protection professionalsContinue Reading
The Perils of Using Chinese Contract Investigators
One of the essential strategies used by brand holders to acquire information about the promoters behind the counterfeiting of theirContinue Reading
China to Australia Counterfeit Auto Parts Connection
By Ron Alvarez It was widely reported in late May that Chinese authorities conducted a raid in the Guangzhou region,Continue Reading
Review: Illicit Trade Monitor website
By Ron Alvarez I was reading an article in The Economist yesterday titled, “Counterfeiting and piracy: Stamping it out: AsContinue Reading
Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) Counterfeiting Study (2016)
By Ron Alvarez On June 20, 2016, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) released a studyContinue Reading
IP Theft Story/ Cop Buddy Comedy—Movie Review
By Ron Alvarez Title: PUERTO RICANS IN PARIS—Released June 10, 2016 Two NYPD counterfeit detective specialists (of Puerto Rican descent)Continue Reading
IP Networking and Zero Tolerance
In my previous post titled, “Assessment of Jurisdictional Public and Private IP Crime Resources,” I said, “One basic complication toContinue Reading
What IP Brand Owners Seek from an IP Private Investigator
The following extract is recommendations made to IP rights/brand holders to consider in utilizing and selecting private investigators to assistContinue Reading
Assessment of Jurisdictional Public and Private IP Crime Resources
Key to effectively responding to IP violations is to have a global intimacy of IP’s exploitation in the marketplace, andContinue Reading
The Magnitude of the IP Theft Problem
The theft of American IP is about much more than the aggregation of big numbers. It is also the collectionContinue Reading
Welcome to IP PI Blog.com
My name is Ron Alvarez. I’m a former NYPD lieutenant; licensed private investigator, and freelance writer. My primary purpose inContinue Reading