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21 September 2021
A karate teacher has been jailed for four years after selling fake DVDs and counterfeit foot care products.
20 September 2021
This month The Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) Director General, Phill Lewis contributed to The Brand Protection Professional (BPP).
15 September 2021
Today ACG members got a chance to meet with Wish's Brand Protection Team for a roundtable discussion about how our members can protect themselves and their IP rights. Wish is an e-commerce platform where businesses and manufacturers can sell their goods directly to consumers.
10 September 2021
A storage facility in Strangeways, Manchester, was raided by officers this week, in the UK's biggest ever police operation aimed at cracking down on the sale and distribution of counterfeit goods. Officers raided 55 units within the storage facility, all full of fake goods.
24 August 2021
A Birmingham man was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday (23 August 2021) after pleading guilty to 26 offences for manufacturing and selling fake designer clothes.
16 August 2021
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO), National Trading Standards, London Trading Standards and the Self-Storage Association UK (SSAUK), have teamed up to launch a new code of practice. The initiative's aim is to reduce the appeal of self-storage facilities to criminals who deal in counterfeit and other illicit goods. The scheme is already yielding results; in April 2021, three self-storage units were raided and 5000+ illegal and counterfeit items were seized in a joint Trading Standards, Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (North West) and the Anti-Counterfeiting Group, which represents brands, with participation from the self-storage store.
11 August 2021
The Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) announced the winners of its 2021 ACG Awards for Excellence in Anti-Counterfeiting Enforcement at a virtual event today.
23 July 2021
Which?, the UK's major consumer champion, has released a worrying new report confirming how scams soared, between April 2020 and March 2021 and that UK consumers have suffered over £2 billion in losses.
20 July 2021
ACG members met with two team members from Coupang today for a roundtable discussion about their new and expanding Intellectual Property Team. Coupang is an e-commerce platform in South Korea, which has recently launched in Japan.
07 July 2021
More than 1,100 items seized by trading standards from Baljit Singh Batra were either counterfeit or did not comply with safety regulations.
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ACG represents more than 3,000 brands affected by this influx of fakes into the UK and delivers an international network of information, advice and contacts on all aspects of IP protection. Working with Government and law enforcement agencies since 1980, ACG is focused on providing an effective and sustained response to counterfeiting.
Membership with the ACG is the best way to work with government and enforcement bodies to protect your brand. Our Roadshows and training days help you reach out to police, trading standards and border force officers and tell them about your genuine products.