News Archive

• Operation ENDGAME cracks down on ransomware

  27-May-25 - The latest action targeted new malware variants and successor groups that re-emerged after takedowns achieved last year.

• EU delivers its take on worldwide IP protection issues

  27-May-25 - A pair of reports identifies IP rights deficiencies in third countries that cause the greatest economic harm to EU interests.

• Switzerland makes it easier to destroy counterfeit goods

  22-May-25 - Switzerland has implemented a regulation that will make it easier to destroy fake goods entering the country in small consignments.

• IACC council seeks 'counterfeit-free online marketplace'

  21-May-25 - The MAC wants to foster collaboration between online marketplaces, payment providers, and brands to fight counterfeits.

• Optical technologies: The image of the war on ID counterfeiting

  19-May-25 - IDs continue to be at risk from counterfeiting but optical technologies play a central role in the battle to protect people and revenues.

• GS1 – friend or foe to India's medicines coding system?

  15-May-25 - A spat has broken out about the value of GS1 standards in India's domestic system for protecting medicines from counterfeiting.

• TikTok Shop updates on its IP protection record

  15-May-25 - Firm said it blocked more than 7m suspected counterfeit products from being listed between July and December 2024.

• Single shipment with $6.6m in fake watches seized in Chicago

  14-May-25 - A total of 243 counterfeit watches were seized in the shipment en route from China to an address in Illinois.

• OECD/EUIPO update fake goods trade figure to $467bn

  14-May-25 - Counterfeiters are increasingly using international waterways to move fakes and siting production close to end markets.

• Trump targets Vietnam for tariffs, citing counterfeits

  13-May-25 - US threats to hike tariffs on Vietnamese goods have prompted the country to increase inspections at its borders.

• Crane Authentication debuts with new brand identity

  06-May-25 - Unit promises the "broadest range" of technologies for authentication, online protection, tax revenue and identity documents.

• Industry backs petition for digital clothing labels in US

  05-May-25 - A petition to allow digital care labels on clothing sold in the US has attracted broad support among industry commentators.

• De La Rue gets authentication unit sale over the line

  01-May-25 - The unit will be combined with OpSec to create a new Crane NXT division called Crane Authentication.

• US adds eight countries to its IP "priority watch" list

  30-Apr-25 - This year's list makes illuminating reading in the context of President Trump's tariffs and developing trade war.

• Pink Floyd's David Gilmour sues website over fake merch

  23-Apr-25 - Otherbrick.com sells Pink Floyd-branded products, including clothing, shoes, accessories, and homeware.

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