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RSS counterfeit goodsGain Control Over the Vast Unknown: Curtailing Online Distribution of Counterfeit and Gray Market Goods
White Paper Counterfeiting and gray market activity are major problems for brand owners. They pose serious financial and non-financial consequences for corporations, distribution partners and customers. Although these problems have existed for... [16 May 2009]
Corporate IT at risk from knocked-off electronics
News This week the UK Intellectual Property Office launched a toolkit to advise businesses on how to spot counterfeit products and protect goods against being copied. David Lammy, minister of state for... [28 Jan 2009]
Microsoft faces antitrust complaint from Dutch dealer
News Abdalla allegedly exported the software in that scheme to US dealers and replaced it with counterfeit software in Egypt. The grey market usually describes a market where goods, such as software, can be... [01 Dec 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News The discovery was made by specialist card fraud police unit, the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPU), when it raided a sophisticated counterfeit card factory in Birmingham. These are then used to create fake... [14 Aug 2008]
eBay pays a high price for fakes
Comment A French court decided eBay had committed "serious faults" by not doing enough to prevent counterfeit goods being sold on its site. Before the decision by the French courts, eBay had already stepped up... [01 Aug 2008]
Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment Recent research we conducted with online intellectual property specialist Commercial Security International estimates the value of counterfeit goods passing through online shopping sites in the UK to be... [22 Jul 2008]
eBay fined €38m over fakes
News LVMH, along with other luxury-brand groups such as Hermes and Tiffany & Co, has claimed eBay isn't strict enough about policing the sale of counterfeit goods on its site.eBay promptly appealed the court... [01 Jul 2008]
Taxman unleashes podcasts on the nation
News The interview covers a range of subjects including food, plants and wildlife souvenirs, prescription drugs, counterfeit goods and offensive weapons. As the summer holiday season ramps up, HM Revenue &... [05 Jun 2008]
$8m illegal software haul from online auctions
News She said in a statement: "We have noticed that it's not only counterfeit trading that is a big problem, but parallel importing is also becoming a serious issue which is having a detrimental effect on the channel. [02 Oct 2007]
Chip and PIN rollout '95 per cent complete'
News The banking industry is claiming chip and PIN as a success pointing to the statistics that show counterfeit card fraud has been cut by £60m - a drop of 24 per cent - in the first year since the system was introduced. [27 Nov 2006]
Photos: China's street pirates
Photo A street vendor selling counterfeit copies of Windows hides her stash behind her back and asks not to be identified. This computer market, just off the strip, sells legal goods and software. And just... [14 Aug 2006]
Hackers target poorly secured media companies
News He said in a statement: "Media companies' content represents the basis of a global market in illegal downloads and counterfeit goods; telecommunications operators increasingly represent the gateway into... [21 Jun 2006]
Gartner: RFID spend to hit $3bn by 2010
News Scanning of data-laden chips on pallets and products would help keep inventories in order and assure buyers they're not paying money for counterfeit goods. RFID is on the upswing as businesses start to... [14 Dec 2005]
Software cops mount car boot challenge
News The three were detained for the production and distribution of counterfeit goods and for money laundering. In the two months since Operation Carter began, seizures of counterfeit... [20 Oct 2005]
Chip and PIN credited for £36m drop in card fraud
News Fraud on counterfeit and lost and stolen plastic debit and credit cards is down by almost a third from £126.6m in the first half of last year to £89.9m for the same period this year. Consumers are also being warned of... [10 Oct 2005]
