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Intellectual Property
Island Park, NY
News
$2M In Fake Nintendo Gear Sold On Amazon From Island Park Warehouse: DA
A New York man is accused of selling more than $2 million worth of counterfeit Nintendo products through Amazon, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced on Thursday, Sept. 4. Isaac Lapidus, 34, of Lawrence was charged with Trademark Counterfeiting in the First Degree and Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree after investigators uncovered hundreds of thousands of fake Nintendo Switch Docking Stations, adapters, and Pokémon Go Plus accessories allegedly sold from an Island Park warehouse. Lapidus was arraigned Wednesday before Judge Lisa Locurto, where he pleaded not guilty and w…
Harrisburg, PA
News
Apple Sues Pennsylvania Tech Leaker Jon Prosser Over iOS 26: Federal Complaint
Apple has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Derrick City, Pennsylvania resident Jon Prosser and co-defendant Michael Ramacciotti, accusing the pair of misappropriating trade secrets tied to the unreleased iOS 26, according to court documents filed on Thursday, July 17. Alleged Breach Of Confidential Software Development Apple alleges Ramacciotti gained physical access to a development iPhone belonging to his friend and Apple engineer Ethan Lipnik. According to the complaint, Prosser and Ramacciotti conspired to acquire the con…
Jackson, NJ
News
Legendary Italian Actress Forces Brooklyn Square Pizzeria To Change Name Of Pie Named After Her
Most people would be honored to have a pizza named after them. But most people aren't Sophia Loren. The legendary Italian actress' legal team sent a letter to Brooklyn Square Pizza, which has locations in Jackson, Manalapan and Toms River, ordering them to change the name of their "Sophia Loren Pizza," which has fresh mozzarella, fresh slices tomatoes, and fresh garlic on a round sesame seed crust pie The letter, from an attorney representing the Oscar winning actress, claims she owns the trademarks to her name, including for services providing food and drink. View this…
North Brunswick, NJ
Police & Fire
North Brunswick Soda Exec Confesses To Sharing Secret Formulas With Competitors, Feds Say
An executive from North Brunswick admitted to sharing secret soda formulas with his company's competitors, authorities said. Andrew Blum, 63, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Nov. 12 to conspiracy to possess stolen trade secrets and possession of stolen trade secrets, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. Blum was the vice president of product development for an unnamed North Jersey-based maker of oil products and proprietary flavors from 2013 until Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. The parent corporation of Blum's company was one of the world’s largest produc…
Torrington, CT
Business
Pier 1 Imports Closing All Stores, Going Out Of Business
Pier 1 imports is going out of business and closing all stores including e-commerce operations, the company said in a statement. The company announced plans to run liquidation sales through the end of October once stores can reopen in compliance with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions, officials said in a statement. Intellectual property will also be sold in the bankruptcy, officials said. “This is not the outcome we hoped for when we began this process, and we are deeply saddened to move forward with winding down Pier 1,” said Robert Riesbeck, Pier 1’s Chief Executive Officer and C…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Lifestyle
Ashanti's Sister Accuses Edgewater's Cardi B, Fashion Nova Of Stealing Her Velvet Design
Shia Douglas says Cardi B stole her fashion design, but Cardi is saying it only inspired. Around this time last year, Shia Douglas -- Ashanit's younger sister who launched clothing line Dymes Only in 2014 -- suggested that a two-piece velvet outfit would soon be released. Fast-forward one year later and Cardi B released a similar piece as a collaboration with Fashion Nova. Douglas called out both Cardi and the retailer on Instagram. "Peep how the universe works.. I was planning to put this pic up as a tbt today bc I’m tired of it I posted it last year and as a creative, things get old a…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Warning From Homeland Security, FBI: Russia Wants To Hack Your ISP Router
With the entire world watching what turn the international Russian conflict takes next, federal officials are warning area residents that a cyber strike could be the newest threat as hackers target routers and other network devices. The Department of Homeland Security, FBI and United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre issued a joint Technical Alert on the “worldwide cyber exploitation of network infrastructure devices (such as a) router, switch, firewall, Network-based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) devices by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors.” Officials said that targets are p…
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Thief Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers
A California man received three years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in stealing information from 94,000 credit and debit cards used by customers at Michaels stores in New Jersey and then pulling nearly $500,000 from the victims' accounts. Angel Angulo, 28, Riverside, previously admitted that he and his co-conspirators replaced swipe terminals with imitations that they used to record the bank account numbers and PINs. They used the information to create bogus cards that were then used to withdraw money from hundreds of victims' accounts, he said. The crew replaced 88 terminals wi…
