Russian counterfeiters flood market with DVD-R blancs labelled Hugo Boss

Just a couple of words on how mindblowingly creative counterfeiters might be…
Today I was given a sealed blanc DVD-R disc - a friend just wanted me to burn recent photos for him.
I was about to rip plastic open, but then a got a familiar feeling again - “what’s wrong with that Hugo Boss logo on […]

Trademark patrol reveals another Coca Cola’s trademark infringement in Russia?

Companies like Coca-Cola, which values its brand name at $34 billion, take a very dim view of trademark infringement.
So I’d better say this in the very beginning of my post: “These materials are presented here for private educational, scholarly, and research uses”, OK?
While Russian bombers continue routine patrol missions over the Atlantic Ocean, we continue […]

Paradox: IP theft in Russia brings huge profits to respectful owner of infringed works

IndustryWeek publishes detailed article on IP (Intellectual Property) theft issues, and makes it the cover story.
Foreign governments play a key role in fighting IP theft, but unfortunately, there is a wide variance in how countries are attacking the problems of counterfeiting and IP theft, according to a 30-nation study by the OECD (Organization for Economic […]