Continue reading the main story A help-wanted notice on the wall beside the gated entrance sought individuals with stitching skills for all shifts; the bulletin made no mention that the work was illegal. Such things are often just assumed in Putian. Managing a fake-shoe factory puts Lin in the middle of a multibillion-dollar transnational enterprise that produces, distributes and sells counterfeits. Last year, for example, the F. The profits are high while the penalties are low.
Lev J. A mild breeze blew off the creek that snaked behind the building. Half-constructed high-rise apartments, ensconced in scaffolding and green mesh, stood beside towering cranes. The pace of development in Putian, a secondary provincial city with a population of about three million, was dizzying.
A cluster of unfinished apartment buildings visible from my hotel window seemed to be a floor higher every morning. Lin proceeded to sweep the excess water off the tea table with a paint brush and then make a pot of green tea while recounting the transaction with the Italian shopkeeper earlier this year.
After pouring cups for my translator and me, Lin excused himself and ran downstairs. He returned with three samples, including a single fake Nike Tiempo, the first of the batch, which was sent to the Italian buyer to make sure it met his standards. But some are high quality and look just like the real ones. The only way to tell the difference between the real ones and ours is by the smell of the glue. Situated among short stacks of concrete office buildings in Arlington, Va.
He worked on what he says was the first undercover intellectual-property case for the customs service when he and a team of agents investigated and ultimately arrested a group in Miami for assembling counterfeit watches in An executive order soon followed, sketching out the role of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. Agents were detailed elsewhere and moved away from thinking about I.
