Consumer Goods & Media

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  How physical brand investigation methods are evolving

  Don't overlook brick-and-mortar retailers when planning your brand protection programme, advises ApiraSol's Axel Hein.

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  Police body urges passage of INFORM Act

  Legislation will help consumers know who is selling products they buy online and ensure they can identify and contact them.

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  UK business fined £300k for selling fake license plate holders

  Directors said they purchased the holders in good faith, but firm had earlier shipments seized and destroyed by customs.

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  Counterfeit goods 'increasingly being made in the EU'

  Frequent seizure of fake packaging materials and semi-finished products points to the presence of EU manufacturing.

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  Facing sanctions, Russia mulls law change to allow piracy; report

  Measures would undermine IP protections for companies that it considers are acting against Russian interests.

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  BTS music label warns of crackdown on fake merch

  There will be a on-site inspection and investigation of fake products during upcoming shows in Seoul next week.

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