Clothing & Accessories

• EU poised for deal on proceeds of crime info sharing

  11-Jun-23 - National authorities dealing with crime will be able to access centralised bank account registers under the proposal.

• UK trio sentenced in fake designer goods case

  07-Jun-23 - Shopkeeper and accomplices pleaded guilty to selling £1m-worth of knock-off clothing, watches, jewelry and perfume.

• EU fake clothing operation nets almost 2m items

  07-Jun-23 - Operation Fake Star intercepted counterfeit apparel, footwear and accessories with a value of around €87m.

• eBay adds streetwear to its authentication service

  05-Jun-23 - The guarantee will be available to new and pre-owned items sold for $200 or more, initially only within the US market.

• Patagonia sues retailer Nordstrom, claiming fake sales

  05-Jun-23 - Lawsuit accuses the retailer of selling “thousands of counterfeit Patagonia sweatshirts and t-shirts."

• USPTO seeks feedback on counterfeits and piracy

  25-May-23 - The agency wants to hear from consumers, IP holders, online and physical markets, and others to guide its strategy.

• Is your clothing brand guilty of ‘greenwashing’?

  18-May-23 - Startup Aware says its digital passport can help brands rebuild consumer trust and track their environmental impact.

• 14k fake items seized in Chinese crackdown

  16-May-23 - Enforcement operation was carried out by custom authorities in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao.

• Overhaul launches AI-powered cargo theft tool

  09-May-23 - RiskGPT promises to help users predict, prevent, and respond to the threat of cargo theft or other shipment risks.

• Nike, StockX trade blows in counterfeit lawsuit

  03-May-23 - Pair of orders have compelled both companies to reveal information about authentication procedures they use.

• OpSec to list on Nasdaq via SPAC merger

  27-Apr-23 - The merger will raise up to $199 million in gross proceeds, valuing the combined company at around $426 million.

• Suppliers are weak link in cybersecurity, says report

  27-Apr-23 - 40 per cent of third-party suppliers do not conduct regular penetration tests of internal systems, according to Risk Ledger.

• TrusTrace pushes its US expansion with new hire

  16-Mar-23 - Former HCL America exec Apurva Bhargava has been appointed as head of the traceability specialist's US operations.

• Alibaba beefs up verification on Idle Fish resale site

  06-Mar-23 - Online retailer says the upgrade has doubled the number of brands that consumers can authenticate on the platform.

• Trustmark scheme for jewellery re-launches in UK

  01-Mar-23 - 2019 study found around a third of ‘gold’ jewellery listings online were not advertised as hallmarked, and so may be fake.

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