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Intellectual Property Investigations
Copyright, Trademark, Patent Infringement and Product Diversion
BKA personnel possess more than twenty years experience conducting intellectual
property investigations.
Recently provided statistics estimate annual sales of counterfeit products
to be $600 billion worldwide, including pharmaceuticals, luxury watches,
clothing and accessories, airplane parts, automotive parts, helicopter parts,
shampoo, razors, ink jet cartridges, baby formula, electrical products, pesticides,
batteries, contraceptives, surgical supplies, toothpaste, tobacco, children’s
toys, pens, sunglasses, software, music CD’s, and movies.
In-depth investigations by federal and international law enforcement frequently
connect the sale of such products to highly organized crime syndicates as
well as criminal enterprises created to fund terrorism. For sobering
statistics and law enforcement documentation of such activity, we suggest
one simply read the “White Paper” which can be found on the International
Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition’s website located at www.iacc.org.
BKA performs market surveys which are often followed by undercover operations
to identify those that manufacture, distribute, and sell infringed-upon product
which is consummated by criminal seizures when working with local, state,
or federal law enforcement; civil seizures when preferred by the client,
or the personal service of cease and desist orders requesting a voluntary
surrender of product on lesser offenders.
BKA’s personnel are equally skilled in performing diverted (gray market)
product investigations which involve legitimate product sold in unauthorized
venues such as national discounters, the internet, flea markets, low-end
retail stores, and unauthorized geographical markets outside of the United
States. Gray market matters are often deceivingly complex and involve a review
of the client’s internal procedures and specific personnel from product
inception through delivery.
For clients requiring international assistance, BKA maintains exceptional
contacts available to our clients throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle
East, as well as Central and Latin America.
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