Security Documents & IT

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  Trademark infringement rising fast, says CompuMark

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

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

  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.

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

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

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  UK man is jailed for counterfeit pound coin scam

  A men involved in smuggling £450,000 in counterfeit £1 coins into the UK have been jailed for 50 months.

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  Senate bill seeks to block counterfeit goods entering US

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

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  T-Mobile claims patent on smartphone authentication

  T-Mobile has been awarded a US patent on a technology that it says can protect barcodes from being hacked.

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