Cosmetics & Personal Care

• Trademark infringement rising fast, says CompuMark

  14-Jan-20 - Survey finds a 15 per cent increase in trademark infringement reported by brand owners over the last two years.

• LA police seize $300,000-worth of fake make-up

  14-Jan-20 - Police in Los Angeles seized $300,000 in fake cosmetics last week, including counterfeit MAC and Kylie products.

• China tops EU’s IP problem list, in its own category

  13-Jan-20 - China is so far in front of all other countries on IP infringement that it has its own category in the EU’s latest protection report.

• Dover buys Systech, boosting Markem-Imaje print/coding unit

  07-Jan-20 - Dover Corp bolsters its brand protection and traceability business with an agreement to buy Systech.

• Snapdeal pair summoned to Delhi High Court to discuss fakes

  30-Dec-19 - The co-founders of Indian online marketplace Snapdeal are fighting a request to appear before the High Court in Delhi.

• Senate bill seeks to block counterfeit goods entering US

  11-Dec-19 - A bill that would extend the power of US customs to seize IP-infringing goods has been introduced in the Senate.

• Philly CBP seizes more than 20,000 fake Oral-B products

  04-Dec-19 - US customs have seized 20,400 fake Oral-B electric toothbrush heads en route from China to an address in New Jersey.

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

  04-Dec-19 - A Europol campaign against sites offering pirated and fake items netted three arrests and 30,506 domain name takedowns.

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

  29-Nov-19 - New figures estimate that £13.6bn of counterfeit and pirated goods were imported into the UK in 2016.
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  The promise of connected packaging: from brand protection to consumer engagement

  13-Nov-19 - How digital, connected packaging can seamlessly combine customer engagement and product authentication.

• OECD seeks tighter control over free trade zones

  07-Nov-19 - The OECD has drawn up recommendations on free trade zones in a bid to stop them being used for illicit trade.

• J&J to test whether talc product with asbestos is counterfeit

  21-Oct-19 - As FDA testing reveals asbestos in Baby Powder talc bought online, J&J eyes counterfeiting or adulteration.

• OLAF-led op nets fake consumer goods, tobacco and cosmetics

  16-Oct-19 - Fake perfume, toothpaste, cosmetics and tobacco have been found in a Europe-Asia customs collaboration.

• Fake Colgate toothpaste turns up in Costa Rica

  15-Oct-19 - Counterfeits of Colgate toothpaste – reported in Panama last month – have also been found in Costa Rica.

• Fake Colgate toothpaste in Panama contains harmful DEG

  02-Oct-19 - Panama finds more toothpaste containing DEG, an contaminant that caused dozens of deaths in a 2006 incident.

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