ABM's crime and investigation blog » Google steps up anti-piracy fight… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog Commentary from ABM's staff and consultants Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:11:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Google steps up anti-piracy fight… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/google-steps-up-anti-piracy-fight/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/google-steps-up-anti-piracy-fight/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:35:07 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=662 Google has announced it is increasing attempts to make life difficult for internet software pirates…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/google-steps-up-anti-piracy-fight/feed/ 0 High court rejects Tiffany’s appeal in eBay suit… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/high-court-rejects-tiffanys-appeal-in-ebay-suit/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/high-court-rejects-tiffanys-appeal-in-ebay-suit/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:50:09 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=657 It seems that big brands have their hands full with differing court outcomes…?

 A U.S. District Court decided in 2008 that eBay was not liable for any trademark infringement from the sale of counterfeit Tiffany products on its auction site. Tiffany appealed the decision but the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear the appeal. Similar cases have also found in favour of eBay (such as the May 2009 L’Oreal v eBay case in France) stating that it is the brand’s responsibility to police counterfeit goods, however others have found in favour of the brands (e.g. Nov 2009, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton v eBay).

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/high-court-rejects-tiffanys-appeal-in-ebay-suit/feed/ 0 RCMP make B.C.’s largest counterfeit cigarette seizure… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/rcmp-make-b-c-s-largest-counterfeit-cigarette-seizure/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/rcmp-make-b-c-s-largest-counterfeit-cigarette-seizure/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:45:10 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=654 RCMP has intercepted a container of 10 million contraband cigarettes on their way from China to Canada. The cigarettes has a street value of $4.9m. Seven men were arrested…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/rcmp-make-b-c-s-largest-counterfeit-cigarette-seizure/feed/ 0 How Peru Became the Counterfeit-Cash Capital of the World… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/how-peru-became-the-counterfeit-cash-capital-of-the-world/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/how-peru-became-the-counterfeit-cash-capital-of-the-world/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:18:40 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=652 In the past two years, Peru has become the No. 1 distributor of counterfeit currency internationally, according to Kenneth Jenkins, a U.S. special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Criminal Investigative Division. “Approximately $33 million has been seized in Peru since 2009″…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/how-peru-became-the-counterfeit-cash-capital-of-the-world/feed/ 0 Counterfeit Medicines: Health and Harm… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/counterfeit-medicines-health-and-harm/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/counterfeit-medicines-health-and-harm/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:16:52 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=650  Counterfeiting has a long history. For most commodities it is simply the theft of brand owners’ intellectual property, a trademark violation. But fake medicines can also kill. Political wrangling over language, and confusion over how to deal with the public health and private property aspects of counterfeiting, is hampering international action…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/counterfeit-medicines-health-and-harm/feed/ 0 Fake goods make £1.3 billion for criminals every year… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/fake-goods-make-1-3-billion-for-criminals-every-year/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/fake-goods-make-1-3-billion-for-criminals-every-year/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:14:43 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=648 Serious and organised criminals are increasingly involved in the trading of counterfeit goods, the charity Crimestoppers has warned. SOCA has teamed up with Crimestoppers to promote the Fakes Fund Crime campaign and squash the myth that counterfeiting is a harmless enterprise. In reality it is often run by international, highly organised and extremely profitable crime networks which are also involved in weapons trafficking, prostitution, drug smuggling and people smuggling. A recent review suggested that the criminal gain from counterfeiting in the UK was worth £1.3 billion every year…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/fake-goods-make-1-3-billion-for-criminals-every-year/feed/ 0 Social Media…Employees using Twitter? Facebook? Study says blocking social networks does more harm than good… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/social-media-employees-using-twitter-facebook-study-says-blocking-social-networks-does-more-harm-than-good/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/social-media-employees-using-twitter-facebook-study-says-blocking-social-networks-does-more-harm-than-good/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:23:50 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=638 Corporate efforts to block or restrict employee access to social networks like Facebook may end up backfiring, according to a study released recently by Telus and the Rotman School of Management…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/social-media-employees-using-twitter-facebook-study-says-blocking-social-networks-does-more-harm-than-good/feed/ 0 BAT considers legal action on packaging… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/bat-considers-legal-action-on-packaging/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/bat-considers-legal-action-on-packaging/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:29:51 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=636 British American Tobacco is ready to take the Government to court over proposals to force companies to sell cigarettes in plain packages. The world’s second largest tobacco company said the idea, proposed by health secretary Andrew Lansley, would lead to a sharp rise in counterfeit packs being smuggled into the UK.

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/bat-considers-legal-action-on-packaging/feed/ 0 Men jailed after police op uncovers £1m in fake notes… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/men-jailed-after-police-op-uncovers-1m-in-fake-notes/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/men-jailed-after-police-op-uncovers-1m-in-fake-notes/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:27:41 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=634 Four men have been jailed after counterfeit bank notes worth more than £1m were uncovered by police. Their sentences, handed down at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday, ranged from 12 years to five-and-a-half years.

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/men-jailed-after-police-op-uncovers-1m-in-fake-notes/feed/ 0 400,000 counterfeit toys seized in Italy… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/400000-counterfeit-toys-seized-in-italy/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/400000-counterfeit-toys-seized-in-italy/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:28:59 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=628  

Almost 400,000 counterfeit children’s Christmas toys and decorations valued at two million euros has been seized here over the last 15 days, Italian police have said. The items arrived in Italy via three import businesses registered to three Chinese nationals…

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