News

IP infringement comes in many forms. For Trade Mark and Copyright infringements the obvious needs are pretext purchase, investigating the Who? Where? How Many? of the infringer. Operational Risk Management can organize such activity anywhere in Asia and in most jurisdictions can help orchestrate enforcement actions to cause the perpetrators to cease and desist.

In many cases the trail of counterfeit and pirated products leads to China. Operational Risk Management Consulting has a network of tried and trusted associates in Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China and can conduct and orchestrate investigations, administrative action, raids and publicity in all these countries. We can walk the plaintiff through the likely cost effectiveness of different approaches.

IP Case Study 1: Cosmetics
A high-end cosmetics maker had a claim from a customer of a sub-standard product. Analysis of the returned product showed it to be counterfeit. A market survey turned up 8 other samples of the product. Tracking of the supply chain revealed the maker and a police raid was effected.

IP Case Study 2: Pirates of the Silver Screen
Roll-out of movies is heading towards simultaneous roll-out in all countries. Nevertheless, vigilance in Asian markets in the days before launch can have huge benefits because if the sale of pirated products can be delayed by a even a week then the benefits are high. RiskMentor.org has orchestrated trawls of back-street vendors before and after launch to buy likely pirated material and assist cease-and-desist actions.

Trademarks & Copyright Case Studies
> Cosmetics. Click Here.
> Pirates of the Silver Screen. Click Here.

For More On Counterfeits See:
> NY Times - "In the World of Life-Saving Drugs, a Growing Epidemic of Deadly Fakes." Click Here.