The Real War Against America
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On September 27, 2002 Super Vision International was awarded a $33.1 million jury verdict in a trade-secret case against a Shanghai and Hong Kong competitors led by a man named Samson Wu. At that time it was the largest trade-secret theft verdict in Florida history. With the addition of legal fees and other costs, the judgment now stands in excess of $40 million. The case might have been just another intellectual property trial had the defendants, their lawyers and bankers not gone to such extremes in trying to cover up their misdeeds. Super Vision's employees and their families were physically threatened at their homes, evidence was shredded by the dumpster load, stolen equipment was shipped to China and fraudulent bankruptcy filings were submitted in an attempt to stay court-ordered searches of the defendants' U.S. facilities. Throughout the entire discovery process and trial, the defendants refused to answer questions and asserted their Fifth Amendment privilege, citing the ongoing FBI investigation as justification. Had it not been for the efforts of Super Vision's private investigators, who gained entry to the competitors' Hong Kong and Shanghai facilities with hidden video cameras posing as rich Arab Sheiks, Super Vision may never have obtained enough evidence to bring the case to trial. Super Vision would have become yet another American Business destroyed by foreign predators. The Real War Against America chronicles Super Vision's desperate struggle, including the dramatic efforts it took when no one - including local police, FBI and the U.S. Justice Department - were able to assist them. America's industrial foundation is being stolen out from us while our government and judiciary sleeps. The real war against America, its culture, economy and its way of life are being waged on U.S. soil. The staff of Super Vision chose to stand up to this threat. In doing so it put the company's survival on the line. The Real War Against America is a drama, a riveting story, and an urgent call to arms to every citizen that the country's future is in jeopardy from economic terrorists who do not need bullets or bombs to destroy us. |
What The Critics Are Saying
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"The story that my friend Brett Kingstone tells in The Real War Against America is as good any spy novel you can pick up....Today, intellectual property theft costs American industry an estimated $250 billion a year. And the price tag is rising...The dreams and imaginations of Americans is something worth fighting for. Lets hope we win this battle." - Congressman Ric Keller (R-Fla., 8th District), Co-Author of the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2002. - "At first, I thought this book was another Tom Clancy techno-thriller, then I realized it was non-fiction - the true story of a dynamic American entrepreneur whose company was under attack by one of China's largest gang of counterfeiters. If any book about global business today should be made into a movie, The Real War Against America is it." - Professor Pat Choate, Author: Agents of Influence, Hot Properties, The High Flex Society, America in Ruins and Being Number One: Rebuilding the U.S. Economy. Director, Manufacturing Policy Project and former Vice Presidential running mate of H. Ross Perot.- "The story of Brett Kingstone and his company is far more than a high-tech Horatio Alger tale. It is an adventure which should become a case study for every business school candidate to memorize, for here lies a glimpse of the real war and its battles which can be our nation's demise."- Dwight Carey, President, APG, U.S. Congress Business of the Year Award Winner, - "Brett Kingstone's saga is the untold tale of intellectual property scandal in America. Priracy and counterfeiting are costing businesses billions of dollars annually in the U.S....I am mesmerized by Kingstone's spirit...he truly represents the lifeblood of American manufacturing." - Peggy Smedley, President and Editorial Director of Start Magazine and author of Mending Manufacturing. - |