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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 195

  Bri Van Til  |  June 30, 2020 2 min read

  A Bordeaux forger in Shanghai was fined and sentenced to 18 months in prison for counterfeiting Bordeaux. The heirs of Hubert Hansen, founder of Hansen's Natural Sodas, h...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 194

  Bri Van Til  |  June 24, 2020 2 min read

  A UK university's student union is in hot water for plagiarizing its Black Lives Matter message from another UK university's student union. Update: the man who ...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 178

  Bri Van Til  |  March 03, 2020 2 min read

  With the rise of third-party retailers selling products on Amazon comes the rise of counterfeit products, many of which are indistinguishable from legitimate ones.Teens a...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 176

  Bri Van Til  |  February 18, 2020 2 min read

  In case you haven't yet heard, INTA's 2020 annual meeting in Singapore is cancelled because of concerns about coronavirus. INTA says it will reschedule. Th...

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• The Real Cost of Counterfeit Goods

  Justin Wickersham  |  August 30, 2018 8 min read

  The counterfeit industry has grown so much over the years that counterfeit goods are no longer the only inauthentic good that can be found in the marketplace. Knockoff an...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #85

  Hannah Samendinger  |  April 26, 2018 2 min read

  - The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) is suing MoMaCha, a cafe and exhibition space, for trademark infringement. Yelp reviews of MoMaCha include statements lik...

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