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IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Foiling the Fakes: By the Numbers Value of counterfeit seizures rises 27% in 2007.   |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
Jill Jusko |
Thwarting Counterfeiters: By the Numbers Federal agencies recorded nearly 15,000 seizures of fake or pirated goods in fiscal 2008, according to annual statistics released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. |
Fast Company
October 2008 |
Big Business in Counterfeit Goods The U.S. government made more than 13,000 seizures of counterfeit goods in 2007, 1,000 less than in 2006. But the value of those products totaled $196 million, a 27% increase from 2006. |
CFO
June 1, 2008
Randy Myers |
Counter Attack As phony goods flood the market, companies fight to protect their brands. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency blames counterfeit merchandise for the loss of more than 750,000 American jobs. |
InternetNews
February 22, 2008 |
EU, U.S. Vow Crackdown on Computer Counterfeits EU and U.S. senior officials said on Friday they would crack down on counterfeiting of computer components. |
National Defense
March 2014
Stew Magnuson |
Program to Modernize Immigration Info-Tech System Mired in Delays A joint CBP and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement program to modernize the system, which determines the admissibility of some 900,000 visitors and 465,000 vehicles daily is on its eighth year of development with little to show for it, and Congress is taking note. |
CIO
May 12, 2011
Grant Gross |
Is Your Domain Safe from Seizures for Copyright Infringement? A group questions the government's process for shutdowns, but corporate sites are likely protected under safe-harbor provisions. |
National Defense
March 2009
Matthew Rusling |
After Six Years, Still No Tamper-Proof Shipping Containers After a six-year search for a tamper-proof shipping container, no product has been fielded and one major vendor has dropped out of the race, citing a lack of progress by the Department of Homeland Security. |
IndustryWeek
August 17, 2011 |
Making Sure the Price is Right Many manufacturers find themselves at a technology disadvantage when it comes to keeping tabs on the prices of their products. A new service monitors online pricing and helps spot counterfeiting. |
National Defense
June 2014
Clark Silcox |
New Strategies to Combat Counterfeit Parts Counterfeiting in the electrical sector has become a growing global problem with multiple dimensions including intellectual property theft, loss of tax revenue to governments, consumer deception, and more. |
InternetNews
December 14, 2010 |
White House Goes to War on Fake Online Drugs Obama administration officials announce nonprofit organization devoted to combating the trafficking of fake online goods, which they say pose both health hazards and economic threats. |
U.S. CPSC
May 9, 2007 |
May Is National Electrical Safety Month: CPSC Warns of Dangerous Counterfeit Electrical Products Unlike a fake purse or watch, counterfeit electrical products could pose the risk of injury or death. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
Supply Chain Management: Foiling Fakes Counterfeit products are depriving manufacturers of revenue, harming brand integrity and in some cases, compromising safety. Manufacturers are fighting to keep phony goods out of their supply chains. |
InternetNews
May 24, 2005
Roy Mark |
House Closes Counterfeiting Loopholes The U.S. House voted to close two loopholes in federal law that allow counterfeiters to avoid prosecution and profit from illegal activities. |
Information Today
May 22, 2014 |
TRAC Co-Directors File Complaint Against ICE The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University announced that its co-directors filed a suit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. |
Chemistry World
January 24, 2012
Hayley Birch |
Fake pesticides rife in Europe According to the European law enforcement agency Europol, which earlier this month published a set of recommendations for stamping out counterfeits, the trade is on the rise. |
National Defense
January 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Plan to Protect U.S. Ports Homes In on Contraband The challenge facing the DHS, importers and the shipping industry is to prevent weapons of mass destruction, would-be illegal immigrants and contraband from entering U.S. ports -- including overland traffic from Canada and Mexico -- without disrupting the flow of goods. |
National Defense
March 2009
Matthew Rusling |
Study Blasts Container Scanning Process A new study adds fuel to an ongoing dispute between Congress and the Department of Homeland Security. The issue: screening U.S.-bound shipping containers. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005 |
Uniting Business to Fight Fakes Vivendi's Jean-Rene Fourtou, former International Chamber of Commerce head, talks about a new coordinated counteroffensive against counterfeiting. |
National Defense
November 2005
Harold Kenneddy |
U.S. Customs Goes High-Tech for Cargo Security The gritty docks along the Dundalk Marine Terminal, in Maryland's Port of Baltimore, are among the last lines of defense in the multi-layered, global effort by the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arm to intercept illegal cargo. |
National Defense
November 2009
Wright & Magnuson |
Government Ignores Cargo Scanning Law, Port Operator Says The Department of Homeland Security is ignoring a law that calls on it to monitor, by 2012, every container that enters a U.S. port, an executive at one of the world's leading port-operating companies charged. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2005 |
Homeland Security Briefs DHS begins second phase of Arizona border effort... Northrop Grumman lays keel for National Security Cutter... DHS announces support for rail hazmat placards... |
National Defense
March 2015
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Budget Request Has Little for Maligned Border Drone Program A Department of Homeland Security inspector general report slammed Customs and Border Protection's use of its unmanned aerial vehicle fleet, saying it was underused, very costly and that there was little evidence to support its effectiveness. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2003
John S. McClenahen |
Shape Up To Ship Out New anti-terrorism rules will affect air, rail, ship and truck cargo beginning Oct. 1. |
National Defense
October 2014
Stew Magnuson |
Johnson Latest DHS Secretary to Waive 100 Percent Cargo Screening Mandate Despite a long string of secretaries and Customs and Border Protection commissioners speaking out against the practicality of the law, some members of Congress are still pushing DHS to fulfill the mandate. |
National Defense
September 2010
Magnuson & Fugate |
DHS May Wait 14 Years To Complete Its UAV Fleet Department of Homeland Security officials said they need 24 unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the U.S. border, and carry out other domestic missions such as disaster relief. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Counterfeiting, Piracy Continue to Thrive Globally U.S. government, associations, companies remain on the offensive to combat intellectual property theft. |
InternetNews
October 4, 2004
Roy Mark |
U.S. Launches New Anti-Piracy Campaign U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick says Internet and sophisticated duplication technology have taken piracy to unprecedented levels. |
National Defense
August 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Budget Woes End DHS Plans to Expand Drone Fleet The Department of Homeland Security had plans as late as last year to increase its fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles to two dozen aircraft by 2016, but tight federal budgets has capped their numbers at 10. |
National Defense
April 2008
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Will Miss Deadline to Set Up Port Security Hubs The future of pilot port security hubs remains uncertain as security officials wait for answers from the Department of Homeland Security. |
Entrepreneur
June 2007
Gwen Moran |
It's a Fake! Learn how to steer clear of counterfeit merchandise. |
National Defense
August 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Former staffer becomes leading DHS critic Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin has emerged in recent months as one of the department's leading critics, and one with some credibility. |
National Defense
April 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Napolitano Defends DHS Acquisitions on Department's 10-Year Anniversary As the Department of Homeland Security marked its first decade of existence in March, Secretary Janet Napolitano said its much-derided acquisition system had turned a corner. |
National Defense
April 2009
Rusling, Erwin & Magnuson |
Letting Local Police Check Detainees' Immigration Status Causes Concern The Department of Homeland Security is undertaking a new initiative to allow local police to check the immigration status of those persons it takes under custody. The plan has sparked protest by at least one human rights group. |
CIO
October 29, 2014
Dunst & Brook |
Confidential Business Data at Risk at the Border U.S. agents can search and seize the laptops of international travelers at the border, so take precautions to protect confidential business information |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2006 |
DHS Employs GTS Command and Control System to Boost Border Patrol Efforts Executives at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Southeastern Arizona opted to bolster the border-security system with FusionCommand technology Global Technical Systems (GTS). |
This Old House
John D. Wagner |
How to Spot Counterfeit UL Labels Underwriters Laboratories offers several tips to make sure you don't take a seemingly genuine UL label for granted. |
Job Journal
December 7, 2008
Julia Hollister |
Protecting the Public From international ports to city parks, public safety officers are on the lookout. |
Home Theater
May 15, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
McGruff, the DVD-Sniffing, Anti-Piracy Crime Dog FedEx and HM Revenue & Customs partnered in the UK to run the first major live test of using DVD-sniffing dogs to identify counterfeit DVDs concealed amongst other goods. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010 |
DHS Seeks Enhanced Imaging Technology for Non-Intrusive Inspection of Shipping Containers The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested proposals for non-intrusive inspection technologies to enable Customs and Border Protection agents to inspect cargo containers without opening them. |
National Defense
December 2011
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Considers Reviving Dormant Joint Requirements Council Nothing is more maddening to budget hawks and government watchdogs than two different agencies setting out to purchase the same technology in separate acquisition programs. |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2012 |
Drugs Top EU Counterfeit Imports In 2011, EU customs officers stopped 115 million products suspected of violating intellectual property rights. Medicines top the list, accounting for 24% of those items. |
National Defense
March 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
U.S.-Canadian Border Crossings to Tighten Security The bridges and border control stations on the U.S.-Canada border are undergoing strategic overhauls, not only to increase security but also to ensure rapid throughput of commercial traffic, leaders from both nations recently announced. |
National Defense
April 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Drones Patrolling the Border The Border Patrol will fly a second unmanned aerial vehicle over the Arizona desert beginning this June. The first Predator B flight assisted in nabbing more than 1,000 illegal immigrants and 400 pounds of narcotics. |
InternetNews
June 23, 2010 |
IP Czar: Piracy Threatens Economy, Security Often regarded as an inevitable and unfortunate part of doing business, the U.S.'s new intellectual property enforcer Victoria Espinel says government, private sector must do more to stamp out piracy. |
National Defense
April 2009
Rusling et al. |
Border Patrol Meets Hiring Goals, Looks to Add More Officers U.S. Customs and Border Protection now employs more than 18,000 border personnel, and aims to increase the number to 20,000 by September. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2004 |
Briefs T.F. Green Airport testing explosive trace- detection technology for pilot program... DHS UAVs operating in Arizona support border security... DHS launches Office of Inter-operability and Compatibility... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009 |
SELEX Galileo Radar Selected for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Citation Fleet SELEX Galileo will upgrade the Customs and Border Protection C-550 Citation Tracker Aircraft with the company's Vixen 500E intercept radar and associated mission management system. |
PC World
February 2006
Spring & McLaughlin |
Fakes! Counterfeit hardware is making its way to online merchants and to stores near you. And poor performance isn't the only risk: Bogus parts can be hazardous to your health. |
InternetNews
December 31, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
China Jails Multibillion-Dollar Piracy Ring And Microsoft understandably couldn't be happier. |
