Organisation: FBI

On the final day of WTR Connect last week, Amazon’s Cristina Posa took part in a fireside chat which delved into the e-commerce giant's Counterfeit Crimes Unit’s mission, make-up and approach.

19 October 2020

In our latest opinion piece we reflect on how Fred Perry has responded to the (unauthorised) association between its iconic brand and a far-right group.

29 September 2020

In this guest analysis, experts from Winterfeldt IP Group present key takeaways from ICANN 68, including on issues related to rights protection, Domain Name System abuse and WHOIS.

02 July 2020

We present key takeaways from a Red Points study into how the coronavirus pandemic has shifted the priorities of e-commerce businesses.

29 May 2020

Raj Abhyanker, founder of LegalForce RAPC, has initiated legal action against a number of entities it alleges are “shadow scammers using publicly available trademark filer information to send targeted ‘solicitations’ to applicants”.

26 March 2019

Managing the trademark portfolio of a Fortune 30 company with a lean in-house team poses a distinctive set of challenges, as Craig Stone, senior IP counsel at oil and gas giant Phillips 66 Company, explains to WTR.

07 March 2019

The most popular destination to trade illegal goods on the darknet, AlphaBay, has gone offline following law enforcement action by authorities in the United States, Canada and Thailand. For rights holders that have been tackling illicit goods on the darknet, this could be viewed as a blessing – but as the shutdown of the Silk Road marketplace demonstrated, users will soon flock to other markets. Exclusive research by <i>World Trademark Review</i> confirms that there are still thousands of counterfeit goods on sale on other darknet sites.

18 July 2017

New research on narcotics trafficking via online ‘darknet’ markets has failed to find any significant connection between the sale of counterfeits and the sale of illicit drugs. While on the face of it this challenges the common argument that the industry in knock-offs supports other criminal ventures, there is more to the picture than immediately meets the eye.

21 September 2016

Phishing is a fact of life in the online world and a growing concern for brand owners, given that many phishers impersonate well-known brands and trademarks in order to gain the trust of their targets

01 January 2016

Numerous developments have occurred on the Darknet in recent months that brand owners and trademark counsel should be aware of.

02 March 2015