Most intellectual property cases involving counterfeit products are criminal cases, not civil matters. Additionally, in most cases, there is no need for an independent expert witness to testify as to the spurious nature of the products in question as this is usually handled by the trademark holders or their private investigators.

On many occasions Mr. Schmedlen (who has over 10 years experience in the counterfeit product investigation field) has testified in counterfeit products criminal proceedings on behalf of clients on cases he has investigated.

In one case, however, Mr. Schmedlen was employed as an independent opinion expert for the prosecution on a federal criminal case involving a counterfeit product seller. Mr. Schmedlen's role was simply to testify as to the lack of authenticity of the "Burberry" products this vendor was selling. In another, he acted as an independent consultant for an Assistant U.S. Attorney and an I.C.E. Resident Senior Special Agent during the sentencing phase of a trial.

Mr. Schmedlen authored the "Stopping Counterfeit Sales" section of the 2002 edition of Security Business Practices Reference, published by the American Society for Industrial Security, International.

Please scroll down to view the expert witness counterfeit products case title and Mr. Schmedlen's basic experience and history in this field.

* Includes two criminal cases where Mr. Schmedlen was an expert witness or consultant for U.S. Government prosecutors.

SECURITY EXPERT WITNESS LITIGATION CASE HISTORY COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS

United States of American v
Ibrahim Hijazi
Counterfeit products expert witness for U.S. Government
United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

United States of American v
Amadu Jalloh, Andy Hoang, et al
Counterfeit products expert witness for U.S. Government
United States District Court, Western District of Michigan

An attachment to Mr. Schmedlen's curriculum vitae identifies the client in this matter and contains a recap of the case.

EXPERIENCE WITH PRODUCT COUNTERFEITING CASES

Mr. Schmedlen's experience in this area relates exclusively to investigations of counterfeit products since 1995.

During that period, Mr. Schmedlen has represented 30 - 40 manufactures ranging from the Walt Disney Company to Chanel, Coach, Nike, Oakley, etc. He has worked closely with local, state and federal law enforcement and has been involved in over 100 raids and seizures of counterfeit products. In most cases criminal charges were filed and no defendant has ever been found not guilty on these cases.

Mr. Schmedlen prepared the initial draft of product anti-counterfeiting legislation updating Michigan's outdated statute for former Michigan Sen. Mike Rogers. A House version passed and became law.

Questions on this subject? Write Roger H. Schmedlen, CPP, CFE, CII, MIPI

Counterfeit Products Security Expert Witness travel time is capped as follows on litigation cases:
3 hours round trip: Illinois (Northeast Illinois including Chicago IL), Indiana (North of Muncie IN), Michigan (All of Michigan except MI Upper Peninsula), Ohio (Columbus OH and Northern OH)
4 hours round trip: Delaware (All of DE), District of Columbia (Metropolitan Washington DC area), Florida (Orlando FL south including Florida keys), Illinois (All of IL except, Northeast Illinois, Chicago IL), Indiana (South of Muncie IN), Iowa (All of IA east of Council Bluffs IA), Kansas (Eastern KS area including Kansas City KS), Kentucky (All of KY), Maryland (All of MD), Michigan (Central and Eastern Upper Peninsula, MI), Minnesota (East of Detroit Lakes MN), Missouri (All of MO), New Jersey (All of NJ), New York (All of NY including NYC), North Carolina (West of Raleigh Durham NC metro area), Ohio (Southern OH, south of Columbus OH), Oregon (Coastal OR areas including Portland OR), Pennsylvania (All of PA), South Carolina (Greenville SC Spartanburg SC area), Tennessee (All of TN), Virginia (Western VA west of Richmond VA), Washington (Coastal WA cities), West Virginia (All of WV), Wisconsin (All of WI)
5 hours round trip: Alabama (All of AL), Arkansas (All of AK), Arizona (Southern half of AZ south of Prescott AZ to Nogales AZ and including the Phoenix AZ and Tucson AZ areas), Arizona (Northwest AZ including Lake Mead, AZ and Las Vegas, NV areas), California (Western CA coastal cities regions and Southern California including Los Angeles CA, Orange County CA and northwestern regions such as San Francisco CA), Colorado (Boulder CA and Denver CA areas), Connecticut (All of CT), Florida (North of Orlando FL metro area, Florida Panhandle and of of FL in Central Time Zone), Georgia (All of GA including Atlanta GA), Iowa (All of IA west of Council Bluffs IA), Kansas (Most of KS west of Kansas City KS), Louisiana (All of LA), Maine (All of ME), Massachusetts (All of MA), Michigan (Western Upper Peninsula MI), Minnesota (West of Detroit Lakes MN), Mississippi (All of MS), Nebraska (All of NE east of CO), Nevada (Extreme southern NV including Las Vegas NV region), New Hampshire (All of NH), North Carolina (Raleigh Durham NC east), North Dakota (East of Minot ND), Oklahoma (All of OK), Rhode Island (All off RI), South Carolina (All of SC except the Greenville SC Spartanburg SC area), South Dakota (East of Rapid City SD), Texas (Northeast TX including Dallas Fort Worth TX), Vermont (All of VT), Virginia (Eastern VA including Richmond VA)
6 hours round trip: Arizona (Northern half of AZ), California (Eastern CA north of Death Valley CA area), Colorado (All of CO except for Boulder CA and Denver CA areas), Idaho (All of ID), Montana (All of MT), Nebraska (Western NE), Nevada (All of NV except extreme south Las Vegas NV region), New Mexico (All of NM), North Dakota (Minot ND and west), Oregon (Eastern 3/4 of OR), South Dakota (Rapid City SD and west), Texas (Northeast TX including Dallas Fort Worth TX), Utah (All of UT), Washington (All of WA except coastal WA cities), Wyoming (All of WY)
Negotiable: Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

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