Clothing & Accessories

• UK man sentenced for selling fake World Cup shirts

  31-Aug-23 - Matthew Hyett sold counterfeit football merchandise from a market stall in West Yorkshire and an online store.

• Viewpoint: Protecting against the worrying surge in 'superfakes'

  21-Aug-23 - Counterfeiters are increasingly making copies of high-value goods that are almost impossible to detect.

• London operation nets £5m in fake goods

  16-Aug-23 - The crackdown follows a "sharp increase" in fake product sales in the Camden area, according to the PIPCU unit.

• Illicit tobacco tops Trading Standards cases in UK

  03-Aug-23 - 80 per cent of local authorities responding to a survey identified tobacco as the most investigated illicit product.

• Diamond microparticles used to make security labels

  31-Jul-23 - The labels are robust and cheap to make and ready for commercial applications, according to their developers.

• Counterfeit Converse sneakers seized in Baltimore

  30-Jul-23 - The shipment from China - worth around $314,000 - contained fake copies of the popular Chuck Taylor All Star line.

• Luxury store Cosette accused of selling fakes

  27-Jul-23 - Sydney, Australia-based retailer says the claims are false amid media reports it sold counterfeit designer bags.

• Patent granted to anti-counterfeit method for knitted yarn

  19-Jul-23 - The applicant says it can protect knitted fabric garments without the use of any additional tags or technologies.

• Oritain raises $57m for business expansion

  16-Jul-23 - Cash injection will help the traceability and provenance specialist to enter new product categories and markets.

• LAPD recovers massive haul of stolen Nike shoes

  28-Jun-23 - The sneakers were stolen from at least nine trucks and are worth somewhere 'between $4m and $7m'.

• Operation Pirates 1 nets €33m in fake goods

  21-Jun-23 - A total of 810,995 counterfeit fashion items and 61,246 counterfeit electronic devices were seized in the crackdown.

• Half of EU young people think its OK to buy fakes

  18-Jun-23 - On the positive side, most Europeans reject justifications for buying counterfeit goods, says the EUIPO.

• EUIPO completes blockchain authentication pilot

  15-Jun-23 - EBSI-ELSA tech is the outcome of a project to find an open-source blockchain architecture for anti-counterfeit.

• ‘Malicious envy’ on social media could deter fakes

  13-Jun-23 - Could the social media post comment field be harnessed by brand owners to deter people from buying counterfeits?

• Fake luxury watches worth $1.3m seized at LAX

  12-Jun-23 - Fake Rolex, Luminor Panerai, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Omega watches were seized by CBP officers.

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