Counterfeiting 2.0: The Internet And Its Role In The Global Counterfeiting Epidemic
Event Overview
On April 26, 2011, Harper's Bazaar hosted our seventh Annual Anticounterfeiting Summit in partnership with eBay and MarkMonitor. Over 150 fashion and beauty executives, intellectual property rights lawyers, and law enforcement officials came together to explore how the Internet has revolutionized the counterfeiting game, making it easier than ever for criminals to get their products into consumers' hands.
Keynote speaker Frank W. Abagnale, whose fascinating life story is recounted in his best-selling memoir Catch Me if You Can, which was a major motion picture and is currently on Broadway, addressed the crowd with invaluable insight drawn from his enthralling experience in forgery and subterfuge on both sides of the law.
Following the address, three expert panelists—Susan Engel, Chief Executive Officer, Portero; Alan Marks, Senior Vice President, Global Communications, eBay Inc.; and Thomas M. Onda, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Levi Strauss & Co.—spoke dynamically about counterfeiting and the Internet, the effect on their respective businesses, and the measures they are taking to stay two steps ahead of the counterfeiters.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Frank W. Abagnale
Acclaimed Subject of the book, movie, and Broadway play Catch Me If You Can
PANEL OF EXPERTS
Susan Engel
Chief Executive Officer, Portero
Alan Marks
Senior Vice President, Global Communications, eBay Inc.
Thomas M. Onda
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Levi Strauss & Co.
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