The old adage, “imitations is the greatest form of flattery,” has definitely cost millions of dollars for someone whose intellectual property rights had been reaped off blatantly without fear or fervor.  Today, many unscrupulous people and commercial fraudsters found greener pastures as they thrive on the on-going trend of using intellectual property rights without permission.

Sad to say, in spite of the government’s fight against various activities that damage intellectual property rights, still, many people have the means and the greens to mock at somebody else’s works, imitate them, and gain something without giving due credits.

As a private investigator, you can do something to protect these intellectual property rights.  But with so many advanced technologies that sprung up like mushrooms everywhere, it is important that you learn how to go with the flow.

Maximize what the technology can give you.  Here are some tips on how to protect intellectual property rights as a private investigator:

1. Stop illegal sharing of copyrighted materials through web bots or other techniques that can detect online transactions

Web bots are similar to the technology used by search engines to search the web and look for a particular word. Once the target has been found, web bots collect data that typifies the environment and send it to a “central collection point”.

 In this way, you can track down the transactions made in between or among IP addresses.

With the advent of file sharing, infringement on intellectual property rights had been rampant and prevalent.

2.  Undercover operations

If it is hard to track down activities that infringe intellectual property rights, since most transaction are executed privately or personally, you can try undercover operations.  If the situation becomes too perilous and sticky, typical modes of investigation may not be practical.

Here, specially trained undercover agents are deployed in target areas where they will act like they belong to the group.  Since this is a highly sensitive operation, maximum secrecy is applied and observed.  Failure to do so can do more harm than good.

3. Technical surveillance

To track down unscrupulous activities such as piracy, counterfeiting, or any other procedure that infringe intellectual property rights, it is important to use technical surveillance.  In this way, you can closely monitor and document all activities of the target group and analyze if such activities are subject to intellectual property rights infringement.

Boiled down, the works of a private investigator in protecting intellectual property rights should not be underrated.  Considering the fact that these rights were created with skills and expertise, it is important to protect these people so as to preserve their integrity as an inventor or artist and as a human being.

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