News Archive

• Illicit trade 'financing terrorism', says new report

  13-Oct-17 - Smuggling, counterfeiting and piracy is a preferred funding mechanism for terrorists, says FICCI-KPMG.

• Hazardous fake Nokia 3310s seized in UK

  12-Oct-17 - Counterfeit mobile phones with potentially dangerous chargers have been seized in the UK by Trading Standards officers.

• Viewpoint: Tax stamps – on the authentication front line

  12-Oct-17 - Juan Yañez of the International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA) looks at how the technology is evolving to meet new demand.

• Tensions increase over tackling violations of US IP in China

  12-Oct-17 - Disagreements have erupted in the US over how to handle China’s alleged IP theft and counterfeiting activities.

• Battelle patents system for detecting fake electronics

  12-Oct-17 - Battelle has been awarded a US patent for a method to distinguish counterfeit from genuine electronic components.

• Four charged with selling fake shoes in Greece

  11-Oct-17 - Greek police have charged four people with selling counterfeit shoes via social media accounts.

• Music industry lists more than 20 notorious pirate websites

  11-Oct-17 - Recording Industry Association of America lets rip over websites that are ripping off artists’ copyrights and IP.

• Charleston CBP seizes $12m-worth of S’well Bottle Co fakes

  11-Oct-17 - The scale of the seizures reveals the threat facing the iconic water bottle brand from counterfeiters.

• US bill introduced to tackle fake organic goods

  10-Oct-17 - A new bill has been introduced in the US to crackdown on imports of fraudulent organic-labelled goods.

• Proliferating counterfeits add to Myanmar’s woes

  10-Oct-17 - An absence of law enforcement has made Myanmar a growth market for organised crime and counterfeiting.

• Coded yarn could make textiles traceable

  09-Oct-17 - A yarn-based coding system that can be used to track textiles through the supply chain has been developed by researchers.

• Amazon refuses anti-counterfeit measures in Swatch deal

  09-Oct-17 - A deal between Swatch and Amazon stalls on disagreements over policing counterfeits on the marketplace.

• Alibaba faces class action over copyright infringement

  06-Oct-17 - Alibaba is back in court – this time over allegations of copyright infringement involving fake copies of artworks.

• Method for in-bottle testing of fake alcohol patented

  06-Oct-17 - A UK university has been awarded a patent on a method to detect counterfeit and adulterated spirits in the field.

• Seen and heard: counterfeiting news in brief

  06-Oct-17 - Lead-laced lipstick, fake airbag conviction, falsified medicines seizure, counterfeit water and a fuel marking contract.