INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION
Since its inception in 1988, Continental Enterprises has grown to be one of the most unique intellectual property enforcement and investigation firms in the United States. Fighting counterfeiters globally, Continental Enterprises provides clients with strategic input in maximizing the value of their brands.
Karl Manders
CEO and Founder
OUR FOUNDER, PRESIDENT, AND CEO
Continental Enterprises was founded in 1988 by Karl Manders, the company’s CEO. Karl has had extensive criminal justice experience, designing innovative programs for a variety of law enforcement agencies, including the Marion County, IN, Prosecutor’s Office. As a part of these efforts, Karl established a broad range of alternative sentencing projects that ranged from wilderness correctional facilities for habitual felons to alternative schools for inner city gang members. Karl also conducted death and homicide investigations as a Marion County Deputy Coroner.
As President of Continental Enterprises, Karl has brought his creative talents to bear in helping craft unique solutions for the many challenges our clients face as they seek to protect their intellectual property and maximize the value of their brands. Karl has engineered many of the cutting edge international criminal prosecution initiatives that have successfully brought foreign based infringers to justice.
INNOVATIVE AND EXPERIENCED
Broad experience in a highly diverse range of industries makes our company truly distinctive in the world of intellectual property. We have successfully crafted multiple international prosecutions that target hard to reach infringers. Additionally, Continental’s innovative efforts in applying state criminal statutes to intellectual property have reshaped IP enforcement throughout the United States.
STRENGTHENING YOUR BRAND
We have an effective strategy that allows use to positively use economic forces to our advantage. We like to nip the problem in the bud and establish a consistent record of enforcement. This reinforces the strength of your mark, opens the marketplace up for legitimate goods, and paves the way for us to get to the core of the problem.
BUSINESS-FOCUSED SOLUTIONS
Continental employs effective strategies to return marks to clients who had all but relinquished them to the public domain. Our trademark reclamation efforts have also been the basis for developing a robust licensing program to supplant markets in which counterfeits dominate. This is a clear example of how a business-focused solution can produce a victory where protracted litigation would likely fail.
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