Cosmetics & Personal Care

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  Crowdsource your anti-counterfeiting program

  Make a gigantic leap in your counterfeit discovery program by putting detection into the hands of as many individuals as possible.

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  EMEA cargo thefts spike in the first half of 2020

  Over €85m of goods were stolen from air, road, sea and rail supply chains in 3,278 cargo theft incidents.

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  Facemasks prominent in Europe-wide fake goods crackdown

  Law enforcement has made a big seizure of counterfeit goods – including 27m facemasks – across 21 European countries.

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  Study exposes ‘double whammy’ of fakes on Italian economy

  Pulled by competing interests, the the government’s response has been slow and often weak, say researchers.

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  Illicit tobacco tops 2019 UK Trading Standards workload

  Cigarettes and tobacco were the most reported counterfeit goods in the UK in 2019/20, according to local authority data.

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  UK starts consultation on AI and intellectual property

  The UK government is seeking advice from expects on how artificial intelligence affects intellectual property rights.

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