Practice Areas: Marketplace Research

As a result of legislative reforms in intellectual property law, piracy is a serious offense, punishable by fines and imprisonment, for anyone that produces, commercializes, introduces into the country, distributes, transports and/or stores pirated products. At Bourgoing & Lozano, we provide our clients with experienced and professional resources to locate ports of entry, distribution and sales outlets for counterfeit goods. We are one of the few law firms offering such services.

Our experienced personnel carry out visual inspections, interviews, verify data and domiciles, search for pirated products in both formal and informal markets, purchase samples and take photographs. The findings are used to create a complete assessment of the situation and the basis for an enforcement strategy.

In addition, we constantly verify the market for our clients: detecting irregularities, copies, instances of unfair competition, including counterfeit products and marks. As a result we maintain up-to-date knowledge of the market and are able to keep our clients informed of the situation of their marks and products.