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Media Coverage
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Dena
Grigas, Media Contact
Lages & Associates
1-949-453-8080
dena@lages.com |
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| 2010 |
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| Oct.
12, 2010 |
Tech's
Gray Market Remains A Black Hole
Investors.com |
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| Sep.
23, 2010 |
Tough
Times for Independent IT Dealers
Wall Street Journal |
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| JUne,
2010 |
Fight
Gray Goods With Trademark Law
Managing Intellectual Property |
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| 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 |
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| Apr.
19, 2010 |
Third
Guilty Plea Entered In $22M Cisco Systems Fraud Case
Amanda Jones Hoyle, Triangle Business Journal |
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| Mar.
1, 2010 |
Debunking
Common Myths About Counterfeits
Peter Hlavnika, BusinessWeek |
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| Mar.
1, 2010 |
Fighting
a Flood of Counterfeit Tech Products
Rachel King, BusinessWeek |
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| Feb.
16, 2010 |
Fake
Military Parts on the Rise
Jen DiMascio |
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| 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 |
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| Jan.
22, 2010 |
Saudi
Citizen Found Guilty of Selling Counterfeit Cisco Computer
Parts
to the Marine Corps in Iraq
U.S.
Department of Justice |
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| 2009 |
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| Dec.
23, 2009 |
U.S.
Weighs Copyrignt as Barrier to Grey Market Imports
Intellectual Property Watch |
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| Dec.
3, 2009 |
Microsoft
Consumer Action Day
Microsoft Corporation |
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| Dec.
3, 2009 |
CBP,
ICE Release Annual Report on Counterfeit Goods Seized
U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
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| Nov.
20, 2009 |
Counterfeit
Integrated Circuits Sold to U.S. Navy, Trafficker Pleas
Guilty
U.S. Department of Justice |
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| Oct.
27, 2009 |
Warranty
Fraud a Growing Threat for Vendors
ITP.net |
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| Oct.
26, 2009 |
Warranty
Fraud Battle Begins
CRN |
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| Oct.
23, 2009 |
Report:
Warranty, Service Abuse Costs Vendors Billions Each Year
ChannelWeb |
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| Oct.
20, 2009 |
Warranty
Fraud on the Rise in Channel
CRN |
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| Oct.
20, 2009 |
Cisco
VARs Want Vendor to Police Fraud, Unfair Pricing in the
Channel
Networking Channel News |
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| Oct.
19, 2009 |
Cost
of Piracy, Cori Hartje of Microsoft
Computerworld |
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| Oct.
16, 2009 |
FBI
Arrests Couple Accused of Defrauding Cisco of $23 Million
ChannelWeb |
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| Feb.
23, 2009 |
Counterfeiting:
Trust, but Verify
Channel Wise |
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| 2008 |
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| Oct.
10, 2008 |
Gray
Market Products: Stealing Legitimate IT Sales?
The VAR Guy |
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| Oct.
6, 2008 |
Channel
left alone to combat grey market
ITbusiness.ca |
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| Sep.
8, 2008 |
Effective
Channel Management Critical to Combat Gray Marketing
EChannelLine
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| Sep.
1, 2008 |
Partner
Study: Going Against the Gray
Redmond
Channel Partner |
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| Jul.
17 , 2008 |
Gray
market increasingly fueled by the Internet
eChannelLine
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| Jul.
10 , 2008 |
Gray's
Anatomy: Dissecting a $58 Billion Market
ChannelWeb |
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May
31, 2008
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Marla
Briscoe, VP at AGMA
Channel EMEA |
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May
19, 2008
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Open
Kernel
TMCnet on the Web |
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| May
20 , 2008 |
The
Hidden Costs of the Gray Market
IT Channel Planet |
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| Apr.
25, 2008 |
Identity
Theft isn't just Personal, it's Corporate
Computer Dealer News |
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| Apr.
19, 2008 |
Fake
Electronics; Real Problems
Obelisk |
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| Apr.
8, 2008 |
Bye
Bye Grey the AGMA Way
ChannelEMEA |
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| Mar.
11, 2008 |
HP
Settles 'Gray Market' Litigation
Silicon Valley/San Jose |
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| Feb.
29, 2008 |
How
Fake is Your PC?
InternetNews.com |
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| Feb.
29, 2008 |
Operation
'Cisco Raider' Nets $76 Million in Fake Gear
Information Week |
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| Feb.
29, 2008 |
RCMP
charge Canadians for selling fake Cisco gear
ITWorld Canada |
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| Feb.
28, 2008 |
Departments
of Justice and Homeland Security Announce International
Initiative Against Traffickers in Counterfeit Network
Hardware
U.S.
Department of Justice
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| Feb.
22, 2008 |
EU,
U.S. Vow Crackdown on Computer Counterfeits
ABCNEWS |
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| Feb.
11, 2008 |
Bush
Administration Touts Rise in Piracy Cases, Convictions
CNET
News.com |
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| Feb.
8, 2008 |
It’s
Buyer Beware for Consumers who Purchase Knockoff Electronics
The Canadian Press |
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| Feb.
4, 2008 |
Three
Keys to Effectively Addressing the Gray Market
itbusiness.ca |
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| Jan.
14, 2008 |
Beijing
Courts Hands Down Jail Terms Against Dealers of Counterfeit
QLogic Storage Networking Products
QLogic Press Release |
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| Jan.
14, 2008 |
Putting
the Brakes on Gray Market and Counterfeit Goods
Csoonline.com |
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| Jan.
8, 2008 |
People
on the Move: Jan. 8
The Mercury News |
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| Jan.
2, 2008 |
Is
Your Supply Chain Going Gray?
CRMBuyer |
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| 2007 |
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Dec.
28, 2007
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Fake
Tech Gear is Widespread
Wall Street Journal Blog |
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Nov.
15, 2007
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Is
Your IP Safe?
Start-It |
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Oct.
4, 2007
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AGMA
Offers Tips and Strategies to Help OEMs Take Steps to
Protect Products from Counterfeiters
Computer Technology Review |
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| Aug.
20 , 2007 |
Fakes:
Can You Tell The Difference?
CRN
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| Aug.
20 , 2007 |
Channel
Beware: Top Five Ways To Spot Fakes
CRN
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| May
22, 2007 |
Is
Buying from Online Auctions a Smart Choice?
Dr. Dobb's Portal |
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| Apr.
20, 2007 |
Improving
Channel Processes for Sarbanes-Oxley Can Also Improve
the Bottom Line
Sarbanes-Oxley
Compliance Journal |
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| Apr.
16, 2007 |
Fake
Inside
The
Financial Express |
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| Apr.
5, 2007 |
Curbing
the counterfeiters
ArabianBusiness.com
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| Apr.
1, 2007 |
Rise
of the Fakes
EC&M
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| Mar.
27, 2007 |
Curbing
Counterfeit
ITP
Technology |
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| Mar.
21, 2007 |
Gambling
on Gray Market Products
Mobilizer |
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| Feb.
28, 2007 |
Massachusetts
Man Charged with Defrauding Cisco of Millions of Dollars
Worth of Computer Networking Equipment
U.S.
Department of Justice |
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| Feb.
15, 2007 |
Amtec
settles with Sun
CRN |
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| Feb.
2, 2007 |
California
Cops Nab Software Pirate
vnunet.com
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| Feb.
2, 2007 |
Do
You Trust Your Suppliers? Beware the Black
VARBusiness |
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| 2006 |
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| Dec.
18, 2006 |
Buyers
beware: Protect yourself from counterfeit technology products
Computer
World |
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| Dec.
11, 2006 |
Some
see red over gray market goods
USA
Today |
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| Dec.
10, 2006 |
Bargain
sounds too good? Stay away...
USA
Today |
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| Dec.
6, 2006 |
Three
Defendants Convicted In Scheme To Defraud Microsoft Corporation
U.S.
Department of Justice |
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| Dec.
4, 2006 |
How
to Protect Yourself from Fakes
CRN |
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| Nov.
27, 2006 |
Post-Bubble,
Gear Counterfeits Boom
Investor’s
Business Daily |
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| Nov.
20, 2006 |
VAT
Fraudsters Receive 16-Year Jail Sentences
CRN
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| Oct.
23, 2006 |
Cisco:
Good enough to be worth faking?
ZDNet UK |
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Oct.
12, 2006
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The
Key To IP Theft Prevention Is, Well, A Set Of Keys
Electronic
Design |
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Aug.
23, 2006
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IPod
Gray Market Booms in India
Wired News
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Jul.
18, 2006
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Fake
Network Gear
Network World
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Jul.
18, 2006
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The
Gray Market Is Fading to Black
SmartCompany
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Jul.
14, 2006
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Cops,
3Com Roust Router Rip-off
VARBusiness
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Jul.
13, 2006
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BSO
Helps Busts Oversea Computer Scam
CBS4News
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Jul.
12, 2006
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Warranty
scam on Cisco smashed in police raids
UK Telegraph
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Jun
19, 2006
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Counterfeit
Electronics Are An Increasing Problem
KDKA
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June
15, 200606
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Hyundai
Sues to Stop Sales of Gray Market Equipment
Bloomberg.com |
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Jun
1, 2006
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Knocking
off the counterfeiters
Electronic Business Online
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May
15, 2006
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Boycott
Grey and Go Green
Microscope
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May
8, 2006
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Customs
agents are seizing record amounts of pirated IT hardware
FCW.com |
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May
1, 2006
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Bogus!
Spectrum iEEE
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Mar.
9, 2006
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Protecting
the Software Ecosystem: An Update on Microsoft’s
Efforts to Combat Software Piracy
Microsoft.com
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Mar.
13, 2006
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Targeting
Bogus Goods
Network World
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Feb.
17, 2006
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Gray
Matters
CRN
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Feb.
1, 2006
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Companies
Go After Counterfeiters
San Jose Mercury News
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| Jan.
31, 2006 |
Sun
Strikes Blow Against Grey Market
IT
Week |
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Jan.
26, 2006
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Fakes!
PCWorld
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| 2005 |
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Dec.
19, 2005
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Tidd
Takes Channel Champ Spotlight
CRN
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Dec.
16, 2005
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HP
Execs Query Partners Using Gray Market Parts
CRN
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Sept.
5, 2005
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IT
Industry Pushed To Do More
Brand Protection News - Page 3
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Aug.
26, 2005
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Managing
the risks of counterfeiting in the information technology
industry
Continuity Central
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Aug.
22, 2005
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Buyers
Warned Over IT Fakes
ITWeek
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Aug.
16, 2005
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AGMA
and KPMG Spotlight Counterfeiting as Significant Threat
to Information Technology Sector
Yahoo
Finance
Lycos
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Aug.
16, 2005
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Counterfeiters
Love Electronics
Wired News
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Aug.
16, 2005
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Is
Your Data Center For Real
Byte and Switch
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Aug.
15, 2005
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IT
Fakes Thought to Cost Companies $100bn a Year
Financial Times
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Mar.21,
2005
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Net
tightens gray-market retail vise
CNET News.com
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Mar.
3, 2005
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To
protect its customers’ printing experience, Lexmark
continues pursuing supplies counterfeiters
Lexmark International, Inc.
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Feb.
16, 2005
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Fakes!
Business Week Online – Yahoo! Finance Special
Edition
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Feb.
16, 2005
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Why
Europe’s IT channel must face up to grey market
growth
ITEuropa.com
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Jan.
17, 2005
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Electronics
with Borders: Some Work Only in the US
Wall Street Journal (available soon)
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| 2004 |
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Sept.
6, 2004
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HP
Shows Grey Market Grit
Microscope
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Sept.
3, 2004
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HP
Clamps Down on Special-Bid Pricing Abuses
CRN
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Sept.
2, 2004
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HP
Continues to Combat the Gray Market, Files Suit for
Fraud, Breach of Contract and Conspiracy
HP Press Release
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May
3, 2004
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3Com
Wins Again: Awarded $6.5M In Channel Fraud Case
CRN
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Apr.
18, 2004
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3Com
awarded US$3.39 million settlement in fraud case
eChannelLine
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Apr.
15, 2004
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3Com
Wins $3.39M In Fraud Case Against Former Channel Partner
CRN
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Feb.
4, 2004
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Vendor
takes Resellers to Court over Deals with Alleged Grey
Market Activity
ITBusiness.ca
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Feb.
2, 2004
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3Com
puts Resellers on Trial over Grey Market Allegations
ITBusiness.ca
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| 2003 |
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Nov.
26, 2003
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Ex-Boyfriend
of Case Western Professor Sentenced to 4 Years in
Prison in Computer Fraud Scheme
ABC News
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Nov.
04, 2003
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HP
Files Suit Accusing Partners Of Diverting Warranty
Parts To Gray Market
CRN
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Oct.14,
2003
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SMBs
Urged to Ignore "Gray Market"
ITSPA Press Room
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Sep.
24, 2003
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No
more turning grey: vendors fight back
ITBusiness.ca
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Aug.14,
2003
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HP
Recovers More Than $1.8 Million in Gray Market Fraud
Case Recovery - Closes Ohio Civil Case
HP News Release
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Jul.
2003
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Technology
Firms Battle the Gray Market
Risk Management Magazine - online
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Jul.
22, 2003
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Ohio
Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Compaq Computer Corp.
U.S. Department of Justice Press Release
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Mar.14,
2003
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HP
Files Suit Against Harry Martin, Intelligent Decisions,
Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co Press Release
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Feb.
20, 2003
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Global
Gray Market Threatens Brand Integrity and Erodes Profits
for Information Technology Manufacturers
KPMG LLP
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Feb.
19, 2003
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New
KPMG Survey Projects Global 'Gray Market' of $40 Billion
for Information Technology Manufacturers
KPMG LLP
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Feb.19,
2003
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Companies
turn to cybersleuths to protect their assets from an
online black market
Chief Executive - the eNetwork for CEOs
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| 2002 |
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Sep.
25, 2002
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Medical
Professor and Three Others Charged in Multi-Million
Dollar Scheme To Defraud COMPAQ
U.S. Department of Justice Press Release
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Sep.
25, 2002
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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
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Apr.
17, 2002
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Compaq
Files Suit Against S-Systems Inc., Anthony Sallee, Herbert
Cates, and Dennis McIntosh
Compaq Press Release
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Mar.
4, 2002
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Gray-market
risks laid out in black and white
eetimes
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Feb.
19, 2002
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Compaq
Reaches Settlement in Suit Against Stephen Pridemore
and Creative Resources Group, Inc.
Compaq Press Releas
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Feb.
13, 2002
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Compaq
and U.S. Marshals Seize Counterfeit Computer Products
Compaq Press Release
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Feb.1,
2002
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Xerox
Wins Global Award for Fighting Supplies Counterfeiting
Xerox Press Release
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Jan.
9, 2002
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Leading
Experts Attack Product Diversion, Fight Fakes, Terrorist
Links and Share Strategies
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Jan.
3, 2002
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Lobbying:
Cisco Systems has joined an alliance to combat the "gray
market" purchase of products
National Journal's Technology Daily
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| 2001 |
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Nov.
7, 2001
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Computer
dealers charged in £100m money laundering case
The Register
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Oct.
8, 2001
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Impact,
Identification of Counterfeit Supplies
Xerox Press Release
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Sep.
5, 2001
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3Com, 5 Other Companies Form Group to Stop Unauthorized
Sales
by Scott Lanman, Bloomber
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Aug.
13, 2001
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Compaq
Reaches Quick Settlement of Suit Against Harry Martin,
Millennium Technology Group Inc., and Shafiq Ahmad
Compaq Press Release
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Aug.
8, 2001
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Compaq
Files Suit Against Harry Martin, Millennium Technology
Group Inc., Shafiq Ahmad, Stephen Pridemore, and Creative
Resources Group, Inc.
Compaq Press Release
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Feb.
12, 2001
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Compaq
Settles Suit Against The Baxter Group and Peter Mellon
Compaq Press Release
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| 2000 |
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Oct.
23, 2000
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Compaq
Files Suit Against The Baxter Group and Peter Mellon
Compaq Press Release
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