IP PROBE – Blog

It was widely reported in late May that Chinese authorities conducted a raid in the Guangzhou region, and seized 33,000Continue Reading

I was reading an article in The Economist yesterday titled, “Counterfeiting and piracy: Stamping it out: As China grew richerContinue Reading

On June 20, 2016, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) released a study titled, “Measuring theContinue Reading

Title: PUERTO RICANS IN PARIS—Released June 10, 2016 Two NYPD counterfeit detective specialists (of Puerto Rican descent) get a visitContinue Reading

In my previous post titled, “Assessment of Jurisdictional Public and Private IP Crime Resources,” I said, “One basic complication toContinue Reading

The following extract is recommendations made to IP rights/brand holders to consider in utilizing and selecting private investigators to assistContinue Reading

Key to effectively responding to IP violations is to have a global intimacy of IP’s exploitation in the marketplace, andContinue Reading

The theft of American IP is about much more than the aggregation of big numbers. It is also the collectionContinue Reading

My name is Ron Alvarez. I’m a former NYPD lieutenant; licensed private investigator, and freelance writer. My primary purpose inContinue Reading