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Pair arrested yet again for selling counterfeit apparel

Associated Press — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:19:59 +0000

OKOLONA — Two Chickasaw County residents have been arrested for a second time in a year on charges of selling counterfeit clothing. Attorney General Jim Hood says Willie McMillan, 46 and Sophia Hill, 47, were arrested after an undercover investigation into their store, Urban Wear. Investigators seized about $275,000 in counterfeit clothing from Okolona store. [...]

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Man gets 15 years in prison for selling pirated DVDs, CDs

Associated Press — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:47:42 +0000

HAZLEHURST — A Hazlehurt man has been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for selling pirated DVDs and CDs. Attorney General Jim Hood says 37-year-old Patrick Lashun King was sentenced to 18 years with three years suspended last week. Hood says King pleaded guilty to six counts of selling pirated DVDs and CDs before [...]

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Monsanto, Scruggs Farm Supply await judge’s ruling

Associated Press — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:29:36 +0000

TUPELO — A federal judge in Mississippi has heard arguments from the Monsanto Co., which is seeking $27 million in damages from a Tupelo farm supply business and its owners in an ongoing dispute over saving and selling its patented seeds. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports U.S. District Judge Michael Mills made no decision [...]

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Class-action lawsuit brought over Eaton-Frisby litigation

Associated Press — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:42:10 +0000

JACKSON — Bernstein Liebhard, LLP, of New York, has commenced a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of a class of purchasers of Eaton Corporation common stock between August 2, 2009, and June 4, 2012. The complaint alleges that Eaton issued false and misleading statements [...]

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Hazlehurst man gets jail time for dealing bogus goods

Associated Press — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:52:02 +0000

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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Study measures economic impact of intellectual property

MBJ Staff — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:18:28 +0000

JACKSON — A national study shows intellectual property (IP) is a huge contributor to Mississippi’s economy and thus directly indicates the importance of protecting intellectual property rights through enforcement, Attorney General Jim Hood reports. The state intellectual property jobs study, titled “IP Creates Jobs for America,” was released by the Global Intellectual Property Center at [...]

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Appeals Court rules against VT Halter in Navy-trade secrets lawsuit

Associated Press — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:09:38 +0000

PASCAGOULA — Federal prosecutors say the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has vacated a $1.4 million judgment against the Navy for allegedly disclosing trade secrets on the design of a military craft to a rival. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says the appellate court has ruled against United States Marine Inc. and [...]

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AGO gets Justice grant to fight counterfeiters

Associated Press — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:45:51 +0000

JACKSON — The Attorney General’s Office has received a $200,000 grant to continue investigations into trafficking in counterfeit merchandise. The grant will be available in 2012 for the attorney general’s “Operation Knock Out Knock-Offs” program, a multi-tiered effort combining education, investigative work and agency partnerships to discourage and combat intellectual property crime. The grant from [...]

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State creates Intellectual Property Crimes Center

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:47:25 +0000

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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Coast man arrested for selling counterfeit products

For the MBJ — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:38:05 +0000

BILOXI — Mississippi’s Counterfeit Goods Task Force has put a Biloxi man behind bars for selling counterfeit CDs and DVDs, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. Investigators with the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection Division arrested Richard Earl Tyler, 51, on five counts of distribution of CD/DVDs without the display of required information, a [...]

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