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£17bn of fake goods 'costing tens of thousands of British jobs'

22 November 2016

22.11.16 - The rise of online shopping has bolstered the counterfeit economy, with UK consumers now twice as likely to see fakes on sale online as they were a year ago, according to new data released by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr) and online brand specialist NetNames.

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Action to seize assets of gang selling counterfeits

18 November 2016

18.11.16 - Three con artists who sold thousands of fake garments including One Direction tops over eBay face a three-week court hearing to seize their assets. The gang sold thousands of shirts and hooded tops, mostly bearing counterfeit logos for the boy band, over three years.

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Heathrow Border Force training to spot the fake

03 November 2016

2.1..16 ACG provided another successful training event at Heathrow airport today. Twelve ACG brand members used the opportunity to exhibit genuine and counterfeit products and demonstrate to Border Force officers the issues the brands face when tackling intellectual property crime.

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe's speech at the ACG IP conference

25 October 2016

25.10.16 - Baroness Neville-Rolfe speaks on enforcement and Intellectual Property crime.

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Facebook trader sentenced for selling counterfeit goods

28 September 2016

28.09.16 - The court heard trading standards officers found Dempster advertising fake clothing, bags and shoes via a Facebook group in October 2015.

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ACG exhibits at a Premier League event

27 September 2016

27.09.16 Counterfeit football shirts, boots, scarfs and other merchandise continue to be a major headache for Premier League football clubs. That's why The Premier League hosted a Football Against Fakes event at The Emirates Stadium, London on Thursday 22 September.

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Fighting fakes at the port of Tilbury

26 September 2016

26.09.16 ACG highlighted the issues faced in preventing fake goods from crossing our borders by running a Border Force Training Day at Tilbury, Essex on Thursday 21 September.

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Number of counterfeit goods seized by EU authorities continued to rise in 2015

23 September 2016

23.09.16 - Customs authorities across the EU seized an estimated five million more counterfeit items in 2015 than the previous year, according to new figures released today by the European Commission. This means that the number of intercepted goods grew by 15% compared to 2014. More than 40 million products suspected of violating an intellectual property right were detained at the EU's external borders, with a value of nearly €650 million.

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A day at the races for the IP Roadshow in Wetherby

16 September 2016

16.09.16 – More than 100 enforcement officers and ACG members attended an Intellectual Property (IP) Roadshow in Wetherby on Thursday 15 September...

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About ACG

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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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.

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