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Latest News - Markets & Car Boot Sales

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Stay safe and avoid counterfeits this bank holiday

11 April 2017

11.04.17 - The first bank holiday of the year also marks the beginning of the car boot sale and markets season.

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Counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes sold on Facebook

31 March 2017

31.03.17 - Consignments made out to be genuine brands are being sold by people using fake profiles on buy and sell pages for the south-east of England. The cut-price tobacco and cigarettes are being sold through the social media site's Marketplace pages and offer hand delivery.

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Intellectual Property Perception - 2017 Survey - EUIPO

23 March 2017

23.03.17 - How do EU citizens perceive intellectual property? To what degree do they respect intellectual property rights? How does their perception change based on how old they are or where they live? Through a series of in-depth studies, EUIPO has carried out the first EU-wide assessment of citizen perception of IP, and the relevant drivers of consumer behaviours.

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Call to stamp out sale of counterfeit goods on social media sites

09 March 2017

09.03.17 - A whistleblower wants authorities to stamp out sales of illegal cigarettes, booze and fake designer brands on social media in Spalding.

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Fighting the $450 Billion Trade in Fake Fashion

02 March 2017

02.03.17 - BoF lifts the lid on the shadowy market in fake fashion and what the UK's special anti-counterfeiting police unit — the only one of its kind in the world — is doing about it.

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Man sentenced for selling counterfeit goods at car boot sale

08 February 2017

08.02.17 - The sentencing at Peterborough Crown Court follows an investigation by Peterborough City Council trading standards officers in July last year. This led to the seizure of around £12,000 worth of counterfeit items including Nike trainers, Dior perfumes, Lacoste polo shirts and Ralph Lauren polo shirts.

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E-cigarette charger bought from market exploded and nearly set house on fire

30 January 2017

30.01.17 - Avoid buying counterfeit or substandard goods.

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Fake goods seized before sale on social media

28 December 2016

28.12.16 - Sales shoppers are being warned to be on alert after fake goods being sold by traders using Facebook and Instagram were seized during a series of raids.

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Counterfeit handbags, clothes and jewellery worth more than £2m seized in Christmas crackdown

21 December 2016

21.12.16 - The raids were part of an ongoing enforcement operation in the Strangeways area of Manchester, a former garment district dubbed Britain's knock-off capital. Council chiefs, police and the Anti-Counterfeiting Group are working together as part of the crackdown.

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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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