Mississippi Business Journal » counterfeiting http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 14:57:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Hazlehurst man gets jail time for dealing bogus goods http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/15/hazlehurst-man-gets-jail-time-for-dealing-bogus-goods/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hazlehurst-man-gets-jail-time-for-dealing-bogus-goods http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/15/hazlehurst-man-gets-jail-time-for-dealing-bogus-goods/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:52:02 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=61252 HAZLEHURST — Authorities say a Hazlehurst man has been sentenced to five years after being convicted of selling counterfeit goods. The Mississippi attorney general’s office says 25-year-old Christopher Williams was sentenced by Judge Lamar Pickard in Copiah County Circuit Court. Authorities say an undercover investigation caught Williams selling counterfeit purses and other bogus merchandise on [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/15/hazlehurst-man-gets-jail-time-for-dealing-bogus-goods/feed/ 0 State creates Intellectual Property Crimes Center http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/29/state-creates-intellectual-property-crimes-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-creates-intellectual-property-crimes-center http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/29/state-creates-intellectual-property-crimes-center/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:47:25 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=45418 JACKSON — Authorities have announced the creation of the Mississippi Intellectual Property Crimes Center, a website to help consumers recognize and report counterfeit goods. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood made the announcement today in a news release. Hood says members of the public can access the site and there’s a secure section for law enforcement [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/29/state-creates-intellectual-property-crimes-center/feed/ 0 Trademark association praises state’s new anti-counterfeiting law http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/25/trademark-association-praises-states-new-anti-counterfeiting-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trademark-association-praises-states-new-anti-counterfeiting-law http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/25/trademark-association-praises-states-new-anti-counterfeiting-law/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:13:43 +0000 For the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/?p=38731 JACKSON — The International Trademark Association (INTA) is commending Gov. Haley Barbour and state lawmakers for passing and signing new anti-counterfeiting legislation into law. The bill was strongly supported by INTA in coalition with the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition. It was also one of the key legislative bills of Attorney General Jim Hood, who has spearheaded [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/25/trademark-association-praises-states-new-anti-counterfeiting-law/feed/ 0 Three charged with counterfeiting http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/04/07/three-charged-with-counterfeiting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-charged-with-counterfeiting http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/04/07/three-charged-with-counterfeiting/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:36:25 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=21940 NATCHEZ — Three Natchez residents have been charged with forgery in a counterfeiting scheme that police say targeted businesses in Mississippi and Louisiana. Police Chief Mike Mullins says Christopher L. Young, Damon Hargrave and Geovannia R. Logan are each charged with one count of forgery. They were being held in city jail pending an initial [...]

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