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Social Media has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, but how has it impacted the integrity of brands? This interactive Prezi explains just how Instagram, Facebook, and ecommerce platforms like Ebay can negatively affect brands and why it's more important than ever to maintain brand awareness and protection. Click your way through the presentation to learn from brands including Tiffany & Co., Kylie Cosmetics, and Rolex.

Retail crime and product diversion have achieved nearly full penetration into the marketplace, due in no small part to the Internet. In advance of the Anti-Counterfeiting & Brand Protection Summit we look at what contributes to this ubiquity, and the innovative ways you can turn the Internet—and the consumer—against the grey market.

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Social Media has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, but how has it impacted the integrity of brands?

This interactive Prezi explains just how Instagram, Facebook, and ecommerce platforms like Ebay can negatively affect brands andwhy it's more important than ever to maintain brand awareness and protection.

Click your way through the presentation to learn from brands including Tiffany & Co., Kylie Cosmetics, and Rolex 

As the president of the IACC Foundation and the Training Coordinator of the IACC, Angelo Mazza is an expert on all things Intellectual Property. This interview sheds light on some of the topics Mr. Mazza feels are crucial to property protection, what his biggest concerns are with ecommerce, and on misconceptions regarding IP. Join Mr. Mazza at the 21st Anti-Counterfeiting & Brand Protection Summit, running January 28-30, 2019 at the Argonaut Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

With so much capital and intellectual property at stake, it's clear that counterfeiting and brand protection is still a major global issue.

Ahead of the 21st Anti-Counterfeiting & Brand Protection Summit West, we recapped recent seizures and statistics in IP. The International Trademark Association (INTA) and the International Chamber of Commerce commissioned a report indicating that counterfeiting and piracy could reach a value of $2.3 trillion by 2022.

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Are you a brand owner?  Here is a profile of whom you should hire.  Are you a brand protector?  Look sharp!  You're under the microscope.  Are you a counterfeiter?  This is who is coming after you. Be afraid.

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In Part One of this exclusive two-part interview, Elisha Lawrence, AVP, Global Anti-Piracy & Content Security, ABS-CBN International, and Yunze Lian, Partner at Hylands Law Firm, discuss the intersection between piracy and counterfeiting and trans-national counterfeiting initiatives.

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In the final installment of this exclusive two-part interview, Elisha Lawrence, AVP, Global Anti-Piracy & Content Security, ABS-CBN International, and Yunze Lian, Partner at Hylands Law Firm, continue the discussion, touching on global anti-counterfeiting strategies, counterfeiters' exponential ingenuity, and give tips on combating the gray market.

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Global counterfeiting is on the rise... but so are anti-counterfeiting efforts. This infographic details some of the most high-profile counterfeit goods seizures in recent years, and weighs them against the staggering global scope of the issue - the battles yet to be fought. 

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Christopher Johnson is Partner at Johnson & Pham, LLP., discusses exactly what the eBay Fulfillment Warehouse (“EFW”) phenomenon is, and how it can be combatted. He also expands on the counterfeit ecosystem in the US, and how has it has evolved over time, and how to help stop foreign based counterfeiters from using local US warehouses to distribute counterfeit.

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Jason Yao, Senior Partner, Wan Hui Da Law Firm, China discusses;

• The best practices for protecting a brand in China Different approaches that would be taken for different targets for efficient resource allocation
• The current counterfeit goods ecosystem in China - both for brands trying to sell and procure/manufacture goods from China
• What a bigger challenge for brands is China- trademark infringements or manufacturing of counterfeits
• Key challenges to pursuing an anti-counterfeiting and brand protection strategy in China
• Success stories he has had when pursuing action against counterfeiter

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Join us at the 20th Anti-Counterfeiting & Brand Protection Summit this January 29-31 to gain insight on the fight against counterfeitering, network with a variety of professionals within the field, engage in several collaborative sessions and more! Download the Agenda to get a glimpse into which speakers, workshops and sessions to expect at this year's Summit. 

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• Elisha Lawrence, Assistant Vice President, Global Anti-Piracy & Content Potection, ABS-CBN International
• Angelo Mazza, President, IACC Foundation & Partner, IP Counsel, Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP
• Jason Calhoun, Project Manager at National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance, National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance – NCFTA
• Chris Gibbins, Brand Protection Leader, Speck Products
• Kevin Scott, Manager, Global Beauty & Grooming Business Development, Proctor & Gamble