National Trademark Investigations, a California-based provider of professional investigative services for trademark professionals and brand owners in the United States, and I-OnAsia Ltd., a full service global investigations and security consultancy based in Hong Kong, today announced a strategic alliance through which the two organizations will provide aligned services to track and combat counterfeiting and intellectual property infringement worldwide.
I-OnAsia provides expertise and services to businesses needing security and business risk expertise in Asia, with particular capabilities in China. National Trademark Investigations (NTI) serves the brand interests of organizations operating in the United States. Both firms have extensive experience in the investigation and disruption of counterfeiting and channel diversion, both in the American and Chinese domestic markets and internationally.
"I-OnAsia and NTI are organized to respond to emerging issues. Together, with resources located throughout the world, we can have someone on the ground to address supply chain or infringement issues within just hours," said James Tunkey, I-OnAsia partner and chief operating officer. "Our alliance with NTI extends both organizations' reach, meaning we will be able to more quickly identify issues and trace them throughout a global supply chain."
"I-OnAsia's investigators are resourceful and responsive, and have a reputation for delivering high quality services that help identify and control the risks associated with global business," said NTI vice president Tim Santoni. "As two organizations with shared values and competencies, we can provide a new level of intelligence to our clients, including quickly linking domestic infringement to actionable remedies up to and including the source of production."
The alliance intends to enhance both companies' abilities to serve the needs of intellectual property owners by sharing information that will both remove infringing goods from distribution in the United States, through actions such as court-authorized civil and criminal seizures, and to seek similar simultaneous remedies to stop further counterfeit or pirated goods at their point of manufacture.