Cosmetics & Personal Care

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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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  Penalties for counterfeiting in China too lenient, says study

  Half of criminal fines and more than a quarter of prison terms were below the minimum sanctions in the law.

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  India sees ‘alarming’ 24 per cent rise in counterfeit incidents

  The upward trend calls for immediate action, says the Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA).

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  Amazon’s Bezos tells Congress: ‘we do a lot' on counterfeits

  CEO Jeff Bezos has defended Amazon’s actions to stamp out counterfeits on its sites at a Congressional hearing in the US.

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  Tanzania pulls 17,000 fake condoms off the market

  Tanzania seized 17,076 counterfeit and unregistered condoms in fiscal 2019/20 that put public at risk of STIs.

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