News Archive

HP cracks down on counterfeit toner in Uganda
14-Nov-18 - HP and the Ugandan authorities have taken down two prominent retailers selling counterfeit print cartridges.
Google says it took down 10m IP-infringing ads in 2017
13-Nov-18 - Google says it removed more than 10m adverts suspected of infringing copyright last year in its online piracy fight.
Scanner tracks sterilised instruments during surgery
13-Nov-18 - A field scanner that tracks the use of sterile medical devices during surgical procedures has been piloted.
Food and beverage fraud: news round-up
12-Nov-18 - Italy’s agromafia, detecting minced meat adulteration, seafood fraud in LA, and beer substitution.
Seagate, IBM team up for counterfeit hard drive project
09-Nov-18 - IBM will apply blockchain to a project with hard drive maker Seagate that aims to tackle counterfeiting.
Brief: UK connects to Europe’s medicines verification hub
09-Nov-18 - The UK national medicines verification system (NMVO) is now connected to the centralised EU hub.
Ralph Lauren’s Amazon pilot is going well, but fakes a concern
08-Nov-18 - Ralph Lauren has started to sell its Chaps range through Amazon, but it still has qualms about broader collaboration.
Companies get mixed results from enforcement, says survey
08-Nov-18 - Brands are stepping up efforts to bring enforcement actions against counterfeiters, but results are mixed.
Seized fake chargers pose ‘grave’ danger, says CBP
07-Nov-18 - CBP officers at the Port of New York/Newark have seized $2.7m-worth of counterfeit and hazardous wall chargers.
A quarter of alcohol is illicit in emerging markets; report
06-Nov-18 - The illicit trade costs governments in 24 Asian, Eastern Europe and Latin American markets $3.6bn a year.
Designer ‘names and shames’ counterfeit buyers
06-Nov-18 - German fashion designer Philipp Plein has started to call out people who post images of themselves in counterfeits.
Viewpoint: Preparing parallel importers for post EU-FMD success
05-Nov-18 - Ian Haynes explains how collaboration between parallel importers can simplify the shift to serialization post EU-FMD.
Viewpoint: US sports’ popularity in UK ‘poses brand protection challenges’
02-Nov-18 - Online brand protection company Incopro gives tips on protecting sport brands from counterfeiters.
Honeywell steps up actions against refrigerant fakes
31-Oct-18 - Counterfeit versions of a Honeywell refrigerant use in the automotive sector have been seized in the Czech Republic.
New ISO tax stamp standard is published
31-Oct-18 - ISO has published a new standard on tax stamps, used as a security feature on tobacco and other products.