September 29, 2024-October 1, 2024
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Event Session

Protecting IP At and Before the Border

September 30, 2024 @ 2:30 PM EST – Harness IP Ballroom

2:30 PM ET
September 30, 2024

Harness IP Ballroom

Protecting IP At and Before the Border

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With complex trade routes and increasingly sophisticated and flexible criminal networks, dealing with organized infringers has become a complex problem for governments and businesses alike. This panel will discuss the sophistication of international counterfeit operations, distribution channels and tactics used by counterfeiters today, as well as the importance of working with governmental agencies and border authorities as a part of a robust and effective global enforcement strategy. Panelists will also address where and how to disrupt organized infringement throughout the supply chain as goods make their way from overseas into the United States.

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With complex trade routes and increasingly sophisticated and flexible criminal networks, dealing with organized infringers has become a complex problem for governments and businesses alike. This panel will discuss the sophistication of international counterfeit operations, distribution channels and tactics used by counterfeiters today, as well as the importance of working with governmental agencies and border authorities as a part of…

Session Speakers

William Mansfield

Director of Intellectual Property

ABRO Industries

Alaina van Horn

Chief of the IP Enforcement (IPE) Branch

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Conrad Wong

IP Attaché for Guangzhou, China

USPTO

John Zacharia

Former Federal Prosecutor; Founder

Zacharia Law PLLC