<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:55:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@ronalvarez/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Sons of Mount Carmel - Chapter 5 (Scenes:2, 3...) (An NYPD Murder Mystery Novel)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Father Manny Gonzalez murder was her case. She’d caught it. She had to be present to witness Father Gribbon’s formal identification of the body at the ME’s Office; she had to observe the autopsy; all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-5-scenes-2-3-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-5-scenes-2-3-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 02:47:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNz1GnPPZmXCXaoxsEfu1W7AvsMpf5rd2QwcPpX3dPvfw6pTrvrdgqnxMPWbcbB3VYvYmV3AkDU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does the IP Industry Reach Out to Federal Law Enforcement Enough? (IPPIBlog.com)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was recently reading an article titled, “Are You Getting Your Money’s Worth?-- Interaction with Federal Law Enforcement,” published in the March 2017 issue of The Brand Protection Professional, written]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/does-the-ip-industry-reach-out-to-federal-law-enforcement-enough-ippiblog-com</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/does-the-ip-industry-reach-out-to-federal-law-enforcement-enough-ippiblog-com</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sons of Mount Carmel - Chapter 5 (1) (An NYPD Murder Mystery Novel)]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHAPTER 5 (1) Toni Santiago first met Ryan two years before when she was a patrol officer in a Spanish Harlem precinct. Her sector car had been called to a triple homicide at a social club at E. 105th]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-5-1-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-5-1-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:42:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPQ3izgN3UuNv9bYAbdNJYn2uXoN3TdxvL2CT847Xg1EZSPxqhD9uyJdn1JKfkJ7JsqHHcpbba6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["The Sons of Mount Carmel" Chapter 4 (An NYPD Murder Mystery Novel)]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHAPTER 4 Toni and Geddes were accelerating on the Cross-Bronx Expressway en route to Bronx borough headquarters—also the home of the Bronx Homicide Squad; both housed in a police precinct stationhouse]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-4-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-4-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 02:54:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNfYM7CMoh6tZ7RdVzHD94PbNpvExw7sbMpwJhT95LvGMKv6grMz5SqiPawKXipKPUxq4oBxph4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: The Counterfeit Detective By Paul R. Paradise 244 pp (Koehler Books-2015)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reviewed by Ron Alvarez Paul Paradise has written a novel that is not only an absorbing investigative thriller but also a solid vehicle in which to experience the complexities of the counterfeiting and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intellectual/@ronalvarez/book-review-the-counterfeit-detective-by-paul-r-paradise-244-pp-koehler-books-2015</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intellectual/@ronalvarez/book-review-the-counterfeit-detective-by-paul-r-paradise-244-pp-koehler-books-2015</guid><category><![CDATA[intellectual]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["The Sons of Mount Carmel" Chapter 3 (An NYPD Murder Mystery Novel)]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHAPTER 3 After they brought Father Gribbons to the M.E.’s office to identify Father Manny’s body, by mid-afternoon Toni and Geddes showed up at the midtown Manhattan office building housing the law offices]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-3-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-3-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:23:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQXby9PyxLRvkYJFx948U1dn7n7AkBabt6b1qBCDBnVqKepEHjqZQdsPv2XRftsM9yJ6fdVszna?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[IP Theft Story/ Cop Buddy Comedy—Movie Review (ippiblog.com)]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Ron Alvarez Title: PUERTO RICANS IN PARIS—Released June 10, 2016 Two NYPD counterfeit detective specialists (of Puerto Rican descent) get a visit from a Paris handbag designer (Collette) and her associate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/counterfeiting/@ronalvarez/ip-theft-story-cop-buddy-comedy-movie-review-ippiblog-com</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/counterfeiting/@ronalvarez/ip-theft-story-cop-buddy-comedy-movie-review-ippiblog-com</guid><category><![CDATA[counterfeiting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["The Sons of Mount Carmel" Chapter 2 (An NYPD Murder Mystery Novel)]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHAPTER 2 Normally, a direct call to the lieutenant—or sometimes just a text—would have been enough of a notification, even a high-profile murder like a priest—to just give him the basic details as his]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-2-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-chapter-2-an-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 03:23:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQH6tsZCV5GycbQhKRzsPXySc3WE85EjEoWaBKUZ9fKxMEfjqCyUvWY3cY3f9fD8BjthMakrd2e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade Secrets Protection: Snapchat Employee Leaks--Potential Damage Chronically Misunderstood (IPPIBlog.com)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent article published in a U.S. publication (The Daily Beast) titled “Cult-Like Language”; Snapchat Threatens Crackdown, Jailtime for Leakers”,[1] was a stark reminder to me of how little some employees]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trade/@ronalvarez/trade-secrets-protection-snapchat-employee-leaks-potential-damage-chronically-misunderstood-ippiblog-com</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trade/@ronalvarez/trade-secrets-protection-snapchat-employee-leaks-potential-damage-chronically-misunderstood-ippiblog-com</guid><category><![CDATA[trade]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:11:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sons of Mount Carmel by Ron Alvarez  Chapter 1 (A NYPD Murder Mystery Novel)]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHAPTER 1 “What’s cooking?” Detective Toni Santiago said into her iPhone. She noticed the time on the screen read 6:42 before she answered. She'd been running on the tree-lined campus of the College of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-by-ron-alvarez-chapter-1-a-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-by-ron-alvarez-chapter-1-a-nypd-murder-mystery-novel</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2018 18:25:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPJRHpMdErg9Eui9oHPYuAkZLfUgu9hupNW7E6WDGkhQBwhrxa1LwJanF3jC9xQeBDyTMHuiiJa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Government Resources Dedicated to the Investigation and Prosecution of IP Crime-UPDATE]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my October 24, 2016, blog-post titled, “U.S. Government Resources Dedicated to the Investigation and Prosecution of IP Crime,” I detailed the considerable resources the U.S. dedicates to the fight against]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/u-s-government-resources-dedicated-to-the-investigation-and-prosecution-of-ip-crime-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/u-s-government-resources-dedicated-to-the-investigation-and-prosecution-of-ip-crime-update</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:58:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sons of Mount Carmel by R. Jay Alvarez (A New York City Murder Mystery Novel)]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee… Jeremiah 1:5 PROLOGUE SUNDAY MORNING Milton Iglesia had taken a window seat in the last row]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-by-r-jay-alvarez-a-new-york-city-murder-mystery-novel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@ronalvarez/the-sons-of-mount-carmel-by-r-jay-alvarez-a-new-york-city-murder-mystery-novel</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 01:54:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPYNjjWwBk5T6KBHMg9ShuY6uBx4P2hYyu91x2GV8NmJzv79d4QwAgsCG5K6nwkT9RaA6zLyD2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[IP Protection - Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my previous blog post titled, “Trade Secrets Protection-Mindfulness,” I referred to an incident in Massachusetts in which a bad actor physically infiltrated a robotics company’s facility without notice.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/ip-protection-radio-frequency-identification-technology-rfid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/ip-protection-radio-frequency-identification-technology-rfid</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 00:36:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e4hEauBP46waR3nFm5qbrWWVK84GciDQFAn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade Secrets Protection-Mindfulness]]></title><description><![CDATA[CASE STUDY It was reported that on a late evening this past August, the CEO of a medical technology company in Massachusetts stumbled upon a person unknown to him sitting in the company conference room]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/trade-secrets-protection-mindfulness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/trade-secrets-protection-mindfulness</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:10:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Media Companies Should Screen the Backgrounds of Copyright Infringement Claimants]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an article published in the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) on September 25, 2017, it was reported that a copyright infringement claim made against Curtis Jackson (a.k.a. 50 Cent) and Starz[1]]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/why-media-companies-should-screen-the-backgrounds-of-copyright-infringement-claimants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/why-media-companies-should-screen-the-backgrounds-of-copyright-infringement-claimants</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 00:08:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IP PROTECTION: 8 Things Media Companies Need to Do Before Using Third-Party Contractors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago it was reported that police in Mumbai, India, arrested four current and/or former employees of a third-party Mumbai-based company for suspicion of leaking an unaired episode of “Game of Thrones.”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/ip-protection-8-things-media-companies-need-to-do-before-using-third-party-contractors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/ip-protection-8-things-media-companies-need-to-do-before-using-third-party-contractors</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:28:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IP Theft Investigation Article Published in PI Magazine (written by Ron Alvarez)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The July/August, 2017, issue of PI Magazine includes a feature article written by Ron Alvarez, titled, "Investigating Intellectual Property (IP) Theft." The article takes a broad look at the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/ip-theft-investigation-article-published-in-pi-magazine-written-by-ron-alvarez</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/ip-theft-investigation-article-published-in-pi-magazine-written-by-ron-alvarez</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 16:47:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Science Help Solve the Counterfeit Problem?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the following intriguing video and article published in the Mirror on July 5, 2017, titled, "No More Cheap Knock-Offs: Here's How Scientists May Have Solved the Problem of Counterfeit Goods,"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/can-science-help-solve-the-counterfeit-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/can-science-help-solve-the-counterfeit-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:08:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing the "Intellectual Property" Facebook Page]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently I was introduced to the "Intellectual Property" Facebook page by its moderator, Roxanne Andrieux. Roxanne began her career at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 1983 where her team]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/introducing-the-intellectual-property-facebook-page</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/introducing-the-intellectual-property-facebook-page</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2018 13:53:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's Bootlegged Computer Software Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent article written by PAUL MOZUR, in the NY Times, on May 15, 2017, titled, "China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels From Ransomware Attack," reminded us of a number of troubling things,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/china-s-bootlegged-computer-software-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ip/@ronalvarez/china-s-bootlegged-computer-software-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[ip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ronalvarez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:09:03 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>