Davidson Law Group, P.A.

On June 27, 2018, the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) and two of its member companies, Sim-Tex, LP, of Waller, Texas, and Kurt Orban Partners, LLC, of Burlingame, California, filed suit in the United States Court of International Trade, challenging th...

On March 14, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations, at the Charleston seaport, seized an estimated $1.1 million in counterfeit mobile phone accessories originating from China, including phone cases, chargers, cables, and headphones....

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Savannah Port of Entry seized 591 cartons of pistol magazines bearing the Glock trademark.  The value of the seized merchandise was approximately $2 million. The importation of the magazines with the Glock trademark on th...

On February 8, 2017, the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) issued a report regarding supply chain security and member benefits under the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program (C-TPAT). Click here to read the full report.  The C-TPAT Program...

With Super Bowl XLIX approaching, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), Houston Police Department and the National Football League (NFL), joined f...

On January 20, 2017, a Missouri woman was sentenced in federal court for selling more than $90 million worth of counterfeit cell phone components including, but not limited to, replacement screens, lithium batteries, weight scales, phone cases and internal circuitry, t...

As part of its new Regulatory Audit procedure, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun issuing “informed compliance notifications” to importers via email, telephone, and in writing. According to a CBP Regulatory Audit official, if a company receives a notifi...