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Counterfeiting Customs and Border Protection International Trade Commission (ITC)

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United States: How a multi-pronged legislative approach is curbing the online trade in fakes

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Anti-counterfeiting enforcement in the United States stems largely from two federal statutes: the Lanham Act (codified at 15 USC Section 1051) and the Trademark Counterfeiting Act 1984 (codified at 18 USC Section 2320). The...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

How Rights Owners Can Be Proactive With CBP Enforcement

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Ever since the U.S. Customs and Border Protection designated intellectual property rights, or IPRs, as a priority trade issue, the agency has seized billions of dollars in counterfeit goods. In 2021 and 2022, CBP seized...more

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Proposed Legislation Expands Border IP Protections

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A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to expand the mandate of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to impound goods suspected to infringe U.S. design patent rights. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Coons...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

The Value of Integrated IP Protections and Enforcement Strategies to Stem the Importation of Counterfeit Goods: Part 2 of 2

Part 1 of this blog discussed the advantages of a proactive and integrated IP protection strategy. Here, in Part 2, we address the benefits and weaknesses of the various IP protections and provide one example of a cohesive...more

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