Tobacco Products

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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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  Illness linked to counterfeit vapes ‘starting to decline’

  After reaching a peak in September, new cases of acute lung injury linked to the use of e-cigarettes are falling.

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  Dentsu says EU tobacco traceability system is on track

  EU's tobacco track-and-trace system will have handled 22bn products from 14m facilities by the end of the year.

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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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