Patent Trademark Counterfeiting

Trademark, patent and counterfeit product investigations

Patent infringement and misuse of intellectual property are civil wrongs. As licensed private investigators we can help you to uncover misuse of your patents, trademarks or intellectual property and enforce your rights under patent laws. Our investigations will identify when and where your materials were used and by whom. Further, we will conduct our investigations in a forensically sound and verifiable manner to protect your evidence for court.

We have the experience and resources to conduct a patent or trademark infringement case anywhere in the U.S. Call today to speak with one of our investigators about your situation.

Product Counterfeiting Investigations

Product Counterfeiting is the making of a product which so closely resembles the product of another as to appear to be that product.  It encompasses Intellectual Property, Copyright Infringement, Trademark Identity, Patent Infringement, Brand Name, Domain Name, Plagiarism, and Piracy.  In the U.S. it deprives legitimate companies of 200 billion dollars a year and is growing.  It is growing because the attitude of the public is that the companies that produce these products are rich, they charge too much and deserve to be ripped off. The hidden costs, non-collection of tax revenues, loss of jobs of lawful companies and the increased costs of government to stem organized counterfeiting are immense.

Within this type of environment, much of the onus of reducing the incidence of Product Counterfeiting has fallen on the manufactures themselves.  As licensed private investigators, we are often sent out into the streets to find the counterfeit products, vendors, their warehouses and the sources of supplies. We have the experience and resources to conduct a counterfeit product investigation anywhere in the U.S. and will act as investigation managers on cases that involve work outside of the U.S. We encourage you to call us today to speak with one of our investigators about your situation.

FAQS

• What is Patent Infringement?

  According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, infringement of a patent consists of the unauthorized making, using, offering for sale or selling any patented invention within the United States or United States Territories, or importing into the United States of any patented invention during the term of the patent. The word "infringement" means an encroachment upon the domain belonging to a patentee that is described by the claims of her/his patent.

• What is a Patent?

  A patent for an invention is a grant of a property right by the Government to the inventor or corporate ownership. The term of a patent is 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States.  What is granted is not the right to make, use, offer for sale, sell or import, but the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention.

• What is a Copyright©?

  A copyright protects the writings of an author against copying. Literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works are included within the protection of the copyright law.  The copyright protects the form of expression rather than to the subject matter of the writing. Copyrights are registered in the Copyright Office in the Library of Congress.

• What is a Trademark™?

  A trademark relates to words, names, symbols or devices used in trade with goods or services to indicate the source or origin of the goods or services and to distinguish them from the goods or services of others.

   

A.S.G. gives your business the advantage of having an investigative research team that will work with you to get the answers you seek. Because each due diligence investigation and each target company are different, we recommend that you discuss your situation with one of our private investigators. For a free consultation about your case and how we can be of assistance call us today at (888) 677-9700.

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