Category: Firm News

IP Partner Angelo Mazza was quoted in the Vox Media article, “Coronavirus scammers are flooding social media with fake cures and tests.” The article explores the demand for products fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic such at-home testing kits and the new risk caused by online opportunists selling counterfeit products on social media platforms, e-commerce marketplaces and the dark web.

The article highlights Angelo’s recent brief on Covid-19 counterfeits. In the article, Angelo advises on best practices for recognizing counterfeits, noting that “weird spellings and formatting of words are a strong hint that a seller isn’t authorized. The apparent typos might actually be attempts to evade screening algorithms set up by the…platform.”

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Angelo counsels clients in developing brand protection and enforcement strategies, and works extensively with law enforcement on intellectual property-related crimes. He has trained over 60,000 law enforcement officials including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations and local departments.

Gibney’s Intellectual Property Chair Brian Brokate has been recognized in the 2020 edition of World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals. Brian is listed as a leading attorney in New York. WTR noted that “Brian Brokate is one of the top anti-counterfeiting experts in the United States. His client, legislative, policy and education work puts him at the heart of solutions to the piracy problem.”

Now in its tenth year, the WTR 1000 is a comprehensive list of the world’s leading private practice trademark experts on the basis of subjective feedback received from those operating in the market. The WTR 1000 remains the only standalone publication to recommend individual practitioners and their firms exclusively in the trademark field, and identifies the leading players in over 80 key jurisdictions globally. The comprehensive research process includes interviews with hundreds of lawyers, attorneys and their clients involved with trademarks. Individuals in WTR 1000 are included based on knowledge of their practice and the market in which they operate.

Brian Brokate is head of Gibney’s Intellectual Property Group. He has extensive experience assisting companies in investigation and enforcement procedures to combat trademark and copyright infringement. With a niche focus on anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy, he handles and is involved in all stages of civil anti-counterfeiting and infringement litigation as well as state and federal criminal actions.

Brian Brokate was recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2019. WWL: Trademarks highlights leading trademarks lawyers who are recognized for their broad-ranging expertise across the field of trademark law, assisting clients of all sizes with a wide range of matters, including prosecution, enforcement, portfolio management and dispute resolution.

Brian is head of Gibney’s Intellectual Property Group. He has extensive experience assisting companies in investigation and enforcement procedures to combat trademark and copyright infringement with a niche focus on anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy.