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Latest News - 2022

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17% of UK women have purchased counterfeit beauty products

10 January 2022

17% of women have knowingly purchased a counterfeit product online, with beauty, fashion, jewellery and accessories being the most popular items, found new research from the Government's Intellectual Property Office.

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How fighting fake goods tackles terrorism

10 January 2022

The trade in fake luxury goods and other counterfeit items generates billions of pounds a year in revenue, with unknown amounts diverted to fund organised criminal gangs and terrorism.

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Herefordshire shop which sold fake cigarettes loses licence

10 January 2022

Grocery shop in a Herefordshire town has lost its licence to sell alcohol after trading in bootleg cigarettes.

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Counterfeit N95s are out there: How to avoid getting duped

10 January 2022

t's clear now more than ever that wearing a face mask is an important way to protect yourself and others from the spread of COVID-19. And, with the rise of the highly infectious Omicron variant, there's been plenty of talk about which type of face mask is best.

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Oldham trader fined after fake Huda and Morphe make-up seized

08 January 2022

AN OLDHAM trader has been hit with a hefty fine and given 200 hours of community service after hundreds of fake Huda and Morph makeup palettes were seized in a raid.

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Warning to counterfeiters as trading standards crack down on fake goods being sold in Wigan

07 January 2022

Traders selling illicit cigarettes, counterfeit alcohol or other fake goods in Wigan WILL be caught and made to pay for their crimes.

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Trader given community service and ordered to pay £3,700 costs after fake make-up seized in raid

07 January 2022

Oldham Council's Trading Standards department has successfully prosecuted a trader for possessing counterfeit cosmetics and trying to pass them off as the real thing.

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Influencers Drive Counterfeit Sales, Per UKIPO Survey

06 January 2022

The main finding of the UK Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”) that 17 percent of participants had knowingly purchased counterfeit goods in the past and that 13.3 percent revealed that their buying behaviour regarding counterfeit products had, in fact, been influenced by social media endorsements.

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400 litres of ‘vodka' seized from illegal Scots distillery

06 January 2022

It's the latest in a string of counterfeit booze stings. But is enough being done to stop fake alcohol from entering the market?

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CBP Seizes Over 50K Apple AirPods, Nintendo Game Consoles

06 January 2022

Fake electronic goods valued at over $6.5M did not make it to U.S. commerce

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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.

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