Who is Educating the IP Protection and Investigative Leaders of Tomorrow?
Over the years, law enforcement, brand protection specialists and private investigators have been instrumental in the fight against IP infringement,Continue Reading
Author: Ron Alvarez
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.
Investigating Insider IP Theft
Here are a few of his comments, “What most company stakeholders pay far less attention to, at their own peril,Continue Reading
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Dear IP PI Blog Readers: Just wanted to take this opportunity to wish you happy holidays and a safe andContinue Reading
How Can Individual Packages–Delivered Through International Mail be Cost-Effective for Chinese Counterfeiters?
A few months ago, I was reviewing the 2018 international small mail shipment statistics put out by U.S. Customs andContinue Reading
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Remarks at the 13th Law Enforcement and Industry Meeting on IP Enforcement
The following is a re-print of the U.S. Department of Justice, press release of Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski,Continue Reading
Are Brands Scammed Into Replacing Counterfeits of Their Products with Authentic Ones?
On November 13th, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in the Southern District of California, announced the indictment of fourteenContinue Reading
Chinese Fentanyl and the U.S. Overdose Epidemic
On October 16, 2019, an article titled, “The China Connection: How One D.E.A. Agent Cracked a Global Fentanyl Ring,” wasContinue Reading
OEM Manufacturing and Trademark Infringement in China (Guest Contributor: IP Attorney Paolo Beconcini)
This article was previously posted on LinkedIn by Paolo Beconcini, and reposted on IPPIBlog.com with the author’s permission. I trustContinue Reading
Trade Secrets Theft–Costs of Not Updating Existing Agreements (Guest Contributor: IP Attorney Michael D. Ross)
GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: MICHAEL D. ROSS Although not widely reported by the media, trade secret theft is very common. In myContinue Reading
Don’t Blame it All on China! (Guest Contributor: IP Attorney Paolo Beconcini)
On October 6, 2019, CNBC published an article titled, “U.S. Small businesses are fighting an uphill battle against counterfeiters inContinue Reading
U.S. Educated Chinese Students–Abuse U.S. Temporary Work Program
On September 26, 2019, the Chicago Tribune published an article written by Todd Lightly titled, “How A Chicago college studentContinue Reading
China [Continuing] Trade Secrets Theft Initiative
A couple of days ago, U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam Hickey was interviewed by CNBC. Although he didn’t sayContinue Reading
Introducing: New Copyright Pirate-Hunter Podcast
In my last post titled, “Copyright Trolls and Their Sinister Ways”, I made reference to a copyright protection podcast called,Continue Reading
Copyright Trolls And Their Sinister Ways
HYPOTHETICAL COPYRIGHT TROLL SHORT STORY “The Start of a Nightmare“ Diane looked at the envelope from John Slick, Attorney-at-Law inContinue Reading
IP Fridays.com Podcast Interview re: IP Customs and Border Enforcement
Today, IPFridays.com posted a terrific interview with Timothy Trainer, a recognized expert in customs and border IP protection in theContinue Reading
Google’s Former Star Self-Driving Executive: Charged
Over two (2) years ago (May 2017) I asked the question in a blog post titled, “Is There a DifferentContinue Reading
Belgium Law Student Asks for Opinion re: EU Cross-Border-Copyright Law
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of receiving an interview-questionnaire concerning cross-border copyright issues in the EuropeanContinue Reading
Introducing 100 IP Blogs on Feedspot.com
Just want to take a moment to introduce you to a platform that conveniently lists over 100 IP blogs andContinue Reading
Composition of a Chinese Trade Secrets Theft Enterprise: A Family Affair –UPDATE-1
In January 2016, U.S. federal prosecutors (Department of Justice-DOJ) in Pennsylvania indicted five people for allegedly stealing trade secrets fromContinue Reading
Does China Threaten—Students, Researchers, Scientists—Working or Studying in the U.S. to Bring Back IP or Their Families Are Put in Jeopardy?
On June 17th, U.S. Senator Mark Warner (the Vice-Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee) addressed the Council on Foreign RelationsContinue Reading
What is the Cloud Act and Why Should Global IP Investigators Care?
WHAT IS THE U.S. CLOUD ACT? Last year the U.S. passed the Cloud Act which essentially makes it possible forContinue Reading
China’s Notorious Thousand Talents Program – Equal Opportunity Recruiter
So, when it was widely reported that a Los Alamos (U.S. Department of Energy) scientist who pled “not guilty” (aboutContinue Reading
3rd Anniversary of IP PI Blog.com
Dear Subscriber: I just want to take a moment to announce that today is the “Third Anniversary” of the launchingContinue Reading
Blueprint for Screening Candidates / Organizations – Trade Secrets Protection
As a follow-up to my last post titled, “Know Your Researcher – Academic Espionage – Trade Secrets Theft,” I embeddedContinue Reading
Know Your Researcher – Academic Espionage – Trade Secrets Theft
Last month I wrote a blog post titled, “Is the Chinese Government-Sanctioned “Thousand Talents Rewards Program” a Vehicle for TradeContinue Reading
Know Your Customer (KYC) and Other Anti-Counterfeiting “Best Practices”
In January of this year (and July of last year) I wrote four (4) posts about “Third-Party Intermediaries” in theContinue Reading
Introducing “Hazel” a Trade Secrets–Management Solution
Last week I had the opportunity to receive a compelling demonstration of a Trade Secrets Management program called, “Hazel”, byContinue Reading
A French IP Law Student Asks About Trade Secrets Protection in the U.S.
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of receiving a number of questions concerning trade secrets from SaraContinue Reading
Is the Chinese Government-Sanctioned “Thousand Talents Rewards Program” a Vehicle for Trade Secrets Thieves?
In my February 28, 2019 post titled, “Have You Noticed How Trade Secrets Thieves are Circumventing Their Employer’s Computer MonitoringContinue Reading
Professor Allegedly Steals Student’s Research/Trade Secrets–Is Blockchain Technology the Solution?
It was widely reported a few days ago that a pharmacy professor at the University of Missouri allegedly stole hisContinue Reading