Thai Counterfeiting Sting Sours
Shane Berry, a former FBI intellectual property protection official who now heads clothing company Abercrombie & Fitch's brand protection team, told a disheartening tale at the fall meeting of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition on Thursday.
He relayed a story about a recent counterfeiting sting in Thailand that involved the mass production of knock-offs of his designer label. After halting the bootleggers, police officers and local media (invited to cover the crackdown) began gobbling up the goods "like it was Christmas morning," he recalled.
"It was the most defeating moment in my job so far to understand the enormity of the problem," Berry said. "It's not just a resource issue in the U.S. government, it's apathy and ignorance on a global level."
Read more about the conference in Technology Daily's PM Edition.
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