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The Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP Center) at Michigan State University hosts a monthly podcast focused on sharing the “STRANGER THAN FICTION” stories and experiences of our brand protection community.

Brand Protection Stories A-CAPP Center, MSU

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The Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP Center) at Michigan State University hosts a monthly podcast focused on sharing the “STRANGER THAN FICTION” stories and experiences of our brand protection community.

    Episode 22: Safeguarding the Future in the Age of 3D Printing More

    Episode 22: Safeguarding the Future in the Age of 3D Printing More

    3D printing has ushered in new challenges of safeguarding intellectual property. As it continues to revolutionize manufacturing and prototyping, concerns of unauthorized reproduction and counterfeiting have surged. Creators, businesses, and industries at large, have become vulnerable to its capabilities.  Join us in this thought-provoking episode as we explore the dynamic capacities of 3D printing innovation and discuss the pivotal role of labeling technology as an effective deterrent.

    • 46 min
    Episode 21: New Year, New Trends in Intellectual Property Protection

    Episode 21: New Year, New Trends in Intellectual Property Protection

    The dawn of a new year reveals fresh challenges in safe guarding the IP world. Please join us as we explore the dynamic landscape of IP protection. We will dissect the ongoing changes influenced by advancing technologies, government participation, and the strategic use of open-source software. Furthermore, our discussion will intricately navigate the distinctive path from dentistry to small business ownership, shedding light on the complexities involved in safeguarding individual inventions through effective IP protection.

    • 39 min
    Episode 20: Andres Diaz On Food Security, from Seed to Table

    Episode 20: Andres Diaz On Food Security, from Seed to Table

    Illicit trade expert Andres Diaz speaks about parallel trade schemes, black market, “adulteration” or counterfeiting, in the agricultural space - which he believes is the least known and most difficult to measure of the categories. We learn about counterfeit pesticides and seeds and the damage they cause. Andres introduces us specifically to crimes committed in the Latin American region that include illegal labs, and insider sources with knowledge and skills that enable the production and trafficking counterfeit products - many of which make it into the legitimate supply chain resulting in dire consequences.

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Epidosde 19: On Music, True Crime and Brand Protection

    Epidosde 19: On Music, True Crime and Brand Protection

    Singer, piano player, small town cop and firefighter, field training officer, investigator, state special agent and ultimately a brand protection professional, Jason Daniels takes us through how he discovered intellectual property crimes and how it came to be a career in which he has flourished. In this episode Jason walks through an IP case involving core detective work, with a little performance, and sprinkles some of his southern storytelling to provide valuable education on brand protection.

    • 56 min
    Episode 18: Jason Kosofsky On Counterfeit Auto Parts

    Episode 18: Jason Kosofsky On Counterfeit Auto Parts

    Jason Kosofsky has spent most of his professional career in the auto industry, serving as a lead investigator in many precedent setting cases. In the telling of his stories, we’re reminded that every component on a car has a safety purpose making even the seemingly innocuous part capable of harm – even hub caps. Take a ride to hear about counterfeiters supplying their fake parts to NYC taxi and limousine services, and how Jason and others in the collaborative brand protection community, work to keep automobiles a safe mode of our daily transportation.

    • 33 min
    Episode 17: Denise Mosteller and Jeremiah Pastrick On Counterfeit Eyewear

    Episode 17: Denise Mosteller and Jeremiah Pastrick On Counterfeit Eyewear

    Denise Mosteller and Jeremiah Pastrick take us through the process of gathering the “right” evidence, determining the “right” opportunity, and working with existing laws to put together a formidable case dossier against a counterfeiter of ballistic eyewear. Such a case requires the enlistment and support of the brand, state prosecutors and law enforcement (in multiple states). Listen, and be in the tradeshow booth when the counterfeiter is very publicly arrested and put into handcuffs.

    • 1 hr 5 min

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