Media Coverage

Dena Grigas, Media Contact
Lages & Associates
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dena@lages.com

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2010  
   
Oct. 12, 2010 Tech's Gray Market Remains A Black Hole
Investors.com
   
Sep. 23, 2010 Tough Times for Independent IT Dealers
Wall Street Journal
   
JUne, 2010 Fight Gray Goods With Trademark Law
Managing Intellectual Property
   
May 6, 2010 Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Announce 30 Convictions, More Than $143 Million in Seizures from Initiative Targeting Traffickers in Counterfeit Network Hardware
Federal Bureau of Investigation
   
Apr. 19, 2010 Third Guilty Plea Entered In $22M Cisco Systems Fraud Case
Amanda Jones Hoyle, Triangle Business Journal
   
Mar. 1, 2010 Debunking Common Myths About Counterfeits
Peter Hlavnika, BusinessWeek
 
Mar. 1, 2010 Fighting a Flood of Counterfeit Tech Products
Rachel King, BusinessWeek
   
Feb. 16, 2010 Fake Military Parts on the Rise
Jen DiMascio
Feb. 5, 2010 Chinese Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Shipping Counterfeit Cisco Parts to the U.S.
F.B.I., Los Angeles
   
Jan. 22, 2010 Saudi Citizen Found Guilty of Selling Counterfeit Cisco Computer Parts
to the Marine Corps in Iraq

U.S. Department of Justice
   
   
2009  
   
Dec. 23, 2009 U.S. Weighs Copyrignt as Barrier to Grey Market Imports
Intellectual Property Watch
   
Dec. 3, 2009 Microsoft Consumer Action Day
Microsoft Corporation
   
Dec. 3, 2009 CBP, ICE Release Annual Report on Counterfeit Goods Seized
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
   
Nov. 20, 2009 Counterfeit Integrated Circuits Sold to U.S. Navy, Trafficker Pleas Guilty
U.S. Department of Justice
   
Oct. 27, 2009 Warranty Fraud a Growing Threat for Vendors
ITP.net
   
Oct. 26, 2009 Warranty Fraud Battle Begins
CRN
   
Oct. 23, 2009 Report: Warranty, Service Abuse Costs Vendors Billions Each Year
ChannelWeb
   
Oct. 20, 2009 Warranty Fraud on the Rise in Channel
CRN
   
Oct. 20, 2009 Cisco VARs Want Vendor to Police Fraud, Unfair Pricing in the Channel
Networking Channel News
   
Oct. 19, 2009 Cost of Piracy, Cori Hartje of Microsoft
Computerworld
   
Oct. 16, 2009 FBI Arrests Couple Accused of Defrauding Cisco of $23 Million
ChannelWeb
   
Feb. 23, 2009 Counterfeiting: Trust, but Verify
Channel Wise
   
   
2008  
   
Oct. 10, 2008 Gray Market Products: Stealing Legitimate IT Sales?
The VAR Guy
   
Oct. 6, 2008 Channel left alone to combat grey market
ITbusiness.ca
   
Sep. 8, 2008 Effective Channel Management Critical to Combat Gray Marketing EChannelLine
   
Sep. 1, 2008 Partner Study: Going Against the Gray
Redmond Channel Partner
   
Jul. 17 , 2008 Gray market increasingly fueled by the Internet
eChannelLine
   
Jul. 10 , 2008 Gray's Anatomy: Dissecting a $58 Billion Market
ChannelWeb
   
May 31, 2008

Marla Briscoe, VP at AGMA
Channel EMEA
 
May 19, 2008
Open Kernel
TMCnet on the Web
   
May 20 , 2008 The Hidden Costs of the Gray Market
IT Channel Planet
   
Apr. 25, 2008 Identity Theft isn't just Personal, it's Corporate
Computer Dealer News
   
Apr. 19, 2008 Fake Electronics; Real Problems
Obelisk
   
Apr. 8, 2008 Bye Bye Grey the AGMA Way
ChannelEMEA
   
Mar. 11, 2008 HP Settles 'Gray Market' Litigation
Silicon Valley/San Jose
   
Feb. 29, 2008 How Fake is Your PC?
InternetNews.com
   
Feb. 29, 2008 Operation 'Cisco Raider' Nets $76 Million in Fake Gear
Information Week
   
Feb. 29, 2008 RCMP charge Canadians for selling fake Cisco gear
ITWorld Canada
   
Feb. 28, 2008

Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Announce International Initiative Against Traffickers in Counterfeit Network Hardware
U.S. Department of Justice

   
Feb. 22, 2008 EU, U.S. Vow Crackdown on Computer Counterfeits
ABCNEWS
   
Feb. 11, 2008 Bush Administration Touts Rise in Piracy Cases, Convictions
CNET News.com
   
Feb. 8, 2008 It’s Buyer Beware for Consumers who Purchase Knockoff Electronics
The Canadian Press
Feb. 4, 2008 Three Keys to Effectively Addressing the Gray Market
itbusiness.ca
   
Jan. 14, 2008 Beijing Courts Hands Down Jail Terms Against Dealers of Counterfeit QLogic Storage Networking Products
QLogic Press Release
Jan. 14, 2008 Putting the Brakes on Gray Market and Counterfeit Goods
Csoonline.com
   
Jan. 8, 2008 People on the Move: Jan. 8
The Mercury News
   
Jan. 2, 2008 Is Your Supply Chain Going Gray?
CRMBuyer
   
   
2007  
   
Dec. 28, 2007
Fake Tech Gear is Widespread
Wall Street Journal Blog
Nov. 15, 2007
Is Your IP Safe?
Start-It
 
Oct. 4, 2007
AGMA Offers Tips and Strategies to Help OEMs Take Steps to Protect Products from Counterfeiters
Computer Technology Review
   
Aug. 20 , 2007 Fakes: Can You Tell The Difference?
CRN
   
Aug. 20 , 2007 Channel Beware: Top Five Ways To Spot Fakes
CRN
   
May 22, 2007 Is Buying from Online Auctions a Smart Choice?
Dr. Dobb's Portal
   
Apr. 20, 2007 Improving Channel Processes for Sarbanes-Oxley Can Also Improve the Bottom Line
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal
   
Apr. 16, 2007 Fake Inside
The Financial Express
   
Apr. 5, 2007 Curbing the counterfeiters
ArabianBusiness.com
   
Apr. 1, 2007 Rise of the Fakes
EC&M
   
Mar. 27, 2007 Curbing Counterfeit
ITP Technology
   
Mar. 21, 2007 Gambling on Gray Market Products
Mobilizer
   
Feb. 28, 2007 Massachusetts Man Charged with Defrauding Cisco of Millions of Dollars Worth of Computer Networking Equipment
U.S. Department of Justice
   
Feb. 15, 2007 Amtec settles with Sun
CRN
   
Feb. 2, 2007 California Cops Nab Software Pirate
vnunet.com
   
Feb. 2, 2007 Do You Trust Your Suppliers? Beware the Black
VARBusiness
   
   
2006  
Dec. 18, 2006 Buyers beware: Protect yourself from counterfeit technology products
Computer World
   
Dec. 11, 2006 Some see red over gray market goods
USA Today
   
Dec. 10, 2006 Bargain sounds too good? Stay away...
USA Today
   
Dec. 6, 2006 Three Defendants Convicted In Scheme To Defraud Microsoft Corporation
U.S. Department of Justice
   
Dec. 4, 2006 How to Protect Yourself from Fakes
CRN
Nov. 27, 2006 Post-Bubble, Gear Counterfeits Boom
Investor’s Business Daily
   
Nov. 20, 2006 VAT Fraudsters Receive 16-Year Jail Sentences
CRN
   
Oct. 23, 2006 Cisco: Good enough to be worth faking?
ZDNet UK
   
Oct. 12, 2006
The Key To IP Theft Prevention Is, Well, A Set Of Keys
Electronic Design
   

Aug. 23, 2006

IPod Gray Market Booms in India
Wired News

   
Jul. 18, 2006

Fake Network Gear
Network World

   

Jul. 18, 2006

The Gray Market Is Fading to Black
SmartCompany

   

Jul. 14, 2006

Cops, 3Com Roust Router Rip-off
VARBusiness

   

Jul. 13, 2006

BSO Helps Busts Oversea Computer Scam
CBS4News

   

Jul. 12, 2006

Warranty scam on Cisco smashed in police raids
UK Telegraph

   

Jun 19, 2006

Counterfeit Electronics Are An Increasing Problem
KDKA

   
June 15, 200606
Hyundai Sues to Stop Sales of Gray Market Equipment
Bloomberg.com
   

Jun 1, 2006

Knocking off the counterfeiters
Electronic Business Online

   

May 15, 2006

Boycott Grey and Go Green
Microscope

   
May 8, 2006
Customs agents are seizing record amounts of pirated IT hardware
FCW.com
   

May 1, 2006

Bogus!
Spectrum iEEE

   

Mar. 9, 2006

Protecting the Software Ecosystem: An Update on Microsoft’s Efforts to Combat Software Piracy
Microsoft.com

   

Mar. 13, 2006

Targeting Bogus Goods
Network World

   

Feb. 17, 2006

Gray Matters
CRN

   

Feb. 1, 2006

Companies Go After Counterfeiters
San Jose Mercury News

   
Jan. 31, 2006 Sun Strikes Blow Against Grey Market
IT Week
   

Jan. 26, 2006

Fakes!
PCWorld

   
   
2005  
   

Dec. 19, 2005

Tidd Takes Channel Champ Spotlight
CRN

   

Dec. 16, 2005

HP Execs Query Partners Using Gray Market Parts
CRN

   

Sept. 5, 2005

IT Industry Pushed To Do More
Brand Protection News - Page 3

   

Aug. 26, 2005

Managing the risks of counterfeiting in the information technology industry
Continuity Central

   

Aug. 22, 2005

Buyers Warned Over IT Fakes
ITWeek

   

Aug. 16, 2005

AGMA and KPMG Spotlight Counterfeiting as Significant Threat to Information Technology Sector
Yahoo Finance
Lycos

   

Aug. 16, 2005

Counterfeiters Love Electronics
Wired News

   

Aug. 16, 2005

Is Your Data Center For Real
Byte and Switch

   

Aug. 15, 2005

IT Fakes Thought to Cost Companies $100bn a Year
Financial Times

   

Mar.21, 2005

Net tightens gray-market retail vise
CNET News.com

   

Mar. 3, 2005

To protect its customers’ printing experience, Lexmark continues pursuing supplies counterfeiters
Lexmark International, Inc.

   

Feb. 16, 2005

Fakes!
Business Week Online – Yahoo! Finance Special Edition

   

Feb. 16, 2005

Why Europe’s IT channel must face up to grey market growth
ITEuropa.com

   

Jan. 17, 2005

Electronics with Borders: Some Work Only in the US
Wall Street Journal  (available soon)

   
   
2004  
   

Sept. 6, 2004

HP Shows Grey Market Grit
Microscope

   

Sept. 3, 2004

HP Clamps Down on Special-Bid Pricing Abuses
CRN

   

Sept. 2, 2004

HP Continues to Combat the Gray Market, Files Suit for Fraud, Breach of Contract and Conspiracy
HP Press Release

   

May 3, 2004

3Com Wins Again: Awarded $6.5M In Channel Fraud Case
CRN

   

Apr. 18, 2004

3Com awarded US$3.39 million settlement in fraud case
eChannelLine

   

Apr. 15, 2004

3Com Wins $3.39M In Fraud Case Against Former Channel Partner
CRN

   

Feb. 4, 2004

Vendor takes Resellers to Court over Deals with Alleged Grey Market Activity
ITBusiness.ca

   

Feb. 2, 2004

3Com puts Resellers on Trial over Grey Market Allegations
ITBusiness.ca

   
   
2003  
   

Nov. 26, 2003

Ex-Boyfriend of Case Western Professor Sentenced to 4 Years in
Prison in Computer Fraud Scheme

ABC News

   

Nov. 04, 2003

HP Files Suit Accusing Partners Of Diverting Warranty
Parts To Gray Market

CRN

   

Oct.14, 2003

SMBs Urged to Ignore "Gray Market"
ITSPA Press Room

   

Sep. 24, 2003

No more turning grey: vendors fight back
ITBusiness.ca

   

Aug.14, 2003

HP Recovers More Than $1.8 Million in Gray Market Fraud Case Recovery - Closes Ohio Civil Case
HP News Release

   

Jul. 2003

Technology Firms Battle the Gray Market
Risk Management Magazine - online

   

Jul. 22, 2003

Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Compaq Computer Corp.
U.S. Department of Justice Press Release

   

Mar.14, 2003

HP Files Suit Against Harry Martin, Intelligent Decisions, Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co Press Release

   

Feb. 20, 2003

Global Gray Market Threatens Brand Integrity and Erodes Profits for Information Technology Manufacturers
KPMG LLP

   

Feb. 19, 2003

New KPMG Survey Projects Global 'Gray Market' of $40 Billion for Information Technology Manufacturers
KPMG LLP

   

Feb.19, 2003

Companies turn to cybersleuths to protect their assets from an online black market
Chief Executive - the eNetwork for CEOs

 
2002  
   

Sep. 25, 2002

Medical Professor and Three Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Scheme To Defraud COMPAQ
U.S. Department of Justice Press Release

   

Sep. 25, 2002

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Trio on Charges of Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud and Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property
Indictment - United States District Court, District of Massachusetts

   

Apr. 17, 2002

Compaq Files Suit Against S-Systems Inc., Anthony Sallee, Herbert Cates, and Dennis McIntosh
Compaq Press Release

   

Mar. 4, 2002

Gray-market risks laid out in black and white
eetimes

   

Feb. 19, 2002

Compaq Reaches Settlement in Suit Against Stephen Pridemore and Creative Resources Group, Inc.
Compaq Press Releas

   

Feb. 13, 2002

Compaq and U.S. Marshals Seize Counterfeit Computer Products
Compaq Press Release

   

Feb.1, 2002

Xerox Wins Global Award for Fighting Supplies Counterfeiting
Xerox Press Release

   

Jan. 9, 2002

Leading Experts Attack Product Diversion, Fight Fakes, Terrorist Links and Share Strategies

   

Jan. 3, 2002

Lobbying: Cisco Systems has joined an alliance to combat the "gray market" purchase of products
National Journal's Technology Daily

 
 
2001  
   

Nov. 7, 2001

Computer dealers charged in £100m money laundering case
The Register

   

Oct. 8, 2001

Impact, Identification of Counterfeit Supplies
Xerox Press Release

   

Sep. 5, 2001

3Com, 5 Other Companies Form Group to Stop Unauthorized Sales
by Scott Lanman,
Bloomber

   

Aug. 13, 2001

Compaq Reaches Quick Settlement of Suit Against Harry Martin, Millennium Technology Group Inc., and Shafiq Ahmad
Compaq Press Release

   

Aug. 8, 2001

Compaq Files Suit Against Harry Martin, Millennium Technology Group Inc., Shafiq Ahmad, Stephen Pridemore, and Creative Resources Group, Inc.
Compaq Press Release

   

Feb. 12, 2001

Compaq Settles Suit Against The Baxter Group and Peter Mellon
Compaq Press Release

   
   
2000  
   

Oct. 23, 2000

Compaq Files Suit Against The Baxter Group and Peter Mellon
Compaq Press Release