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Criminal Enforcement of trademark counterfeiting and piracy violations is one of the most effective tools available to brand owners. It is, however; an area that can be complicated and must be taken extremely seriously. It is very important that when a brand owner decides to pursue a case through law enforcement and seek prosecution that the brand owner be committed to supporting law enforcement through the entire case and prosecution.

It is very important for any brand owner considering to pursue a case criminally that they only utilize the services of trained intellectual property investigators who have verifiable experience in handling trademark counterfeiting cases in the criminal arena. There are a very limited number of qualified experts in the United States.

Our team has assisted law enforcement agencies throughout the United States with thousands of arrests and successful prosecutions. The IC team has assisted both federal and state agencies with various intellectual property matters and are called upon on a daily basis to assist law enforcement with their brand protection efforts. We pride ourselves on the reputation we have earned with the entire law enforcement community. The photographs below depict actual law enforcement actions that the IC team has assisted with:

A brand owner must take several things into consideration prior to making the decision to seek criminal prosecution. It is very important to understand the laws in each jurisdiction where the activity is taking place. We have successfully built thousands of counterfeiting and piracy cases that have lead to successful criminal prosecutions. We know and understand what it takes to build a solid case that law enforcement will pursue.

There are various law enforcement taskforces set up around the country that specifically deal with these types of crimes. The IC team has played an important part in assisting in the formation of several of these task forces. We work with these groups on a regular basis and understand the criteria needed for a case to be accepted by law enforcement.

The IC team has assisted law enforcement with the seizure of tens of millions of counterfeit items. Our team has focused our efforts on disrupting entire criminal networks that are involved in intellectual property crimes. We enjoy assisting law enforcement in their efforts to stomp out IP Crimes.