Consumer Goods & Media

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  Europol-led op nixes 30,506 fake-peddling domains

  A Europol campaign against sites offering pirated and fake items netted three arrests and 30,506 domain name takedowns.

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  US importer charged with counterfeit toy offences

  He is accused of selling $1.4m in Pokémon, Hello Kitty, Angry Birds, Lego Ninjago, JanSport, Shopkins and Super Mario fakes.

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  In UK, more than half of fake good purchases are deliberate

  New figures estimate that £13.6bn of counterfeit and pirated goods were imported into the UK in 2016.

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  Facebook says it removes two-thirds of IP-infringing content

  Facebook says it removed more than 462,000 pieces of content related to counterfeits in the first six months of the year.

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  FELCO pledges to swap fake pruners with genuine – for free

  Garden tools maker says it will give genuine pruners to customers who inadvertently bought fakes on online stores.

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  More young Europeans shun illegal content, says EUIPO

  More than half of young people in Europe now avoid illegal sources of digital content, says EUIPO youth report.

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