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Latest News - Markets & Car Boot Sales

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Market trader faces more than £100,000 costs after selling counterfeit goods

06 June 2016

06.06.16 - Gulab Singh, also known as Tony Singh or Digpal Singh, of Latham Road, could face nine months in prison if he fails to pay the £89,345, he would still have to pay the full amount afterwards.

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The dangers of bagging a bargain

25 May 2016

25.05.16 - Fake goods are made in unregulated environments, without regard for health and safety regulations, so it's impossible to know what's in them. It's one thing for your counterfeit designer jacket to shed some stitches but quite another to be put in serious danger through no fault of your own.

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Essex County Council gettting on top of counterfeit traders

14 May 2016

14.05.16 - ESSEX County Council feel they are in a better position than ever in dealing with counterfeit sellers.

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On World IP Day 2016...

26 April 2016

...ACG & The British Brands Group help promote the value & importance of brands to the UK.

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Market trader sold counterfeit Adidas, Superdry & Ralph Lauren clothes

22 April 2016

22.04.16 - Abid Mohammed, 20, was investigated by trading standards officers who found he was selling 14 different fake branded items of clothing at the stall at Fantasy Island, Ingoldmells.

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Guilty! Dodgy COUNTERFEIT trainer seller runs out of luck!

15 April 2016

15.04.16 - Trading standards officers seized Gulzar's Converse trainers at his market stall in Walthamstow High Street with trademark tests confirming them as fakes.

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Police seize £1m counterfeit goods in huge Strangeways raid

13 April 2016

13.04.16 - Warrants were executed at around 14 premises at the heart of the former garment district - dubbed Britain's knock-off capital.

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Largest ever seizures of counterfeit food & drink by Europol-Interpol

30 March 2016

30.03.16 - Operation Opson V, resulted in seizures ranging from nearly nine tonnes of counterfeit sugar contaminated with fertilizer in Khartoum, Sudan to Italian officers recovering more than 85 tonnes of olives which had been ‘painted' with copper sulphate solutions to enhance their colour.

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Market trader who sold counterfeit clothing ordered to pay £520

25 March 2016

25.03.16 - Bharat Rawji (55) of Melrose Street, off Catherine Street, Leicester, sold items featuring the bogus trademarks of well-known brands Superdry and Hugo Boss on his stall in the city, Leicester Magistrates' Court heard.

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Stay safe and & avoid counterfeit goods this bank holiday

22 March 2016

22.03.16 - Counterfeit goods are shoddy imitations that will leave people out of pocket and could cause serious harm. Fake electrical goods are hazardous as they can cause fires and electrocution. Harmful substances such as high lead levels in perfume are a risk with counterfeit cosmetics.

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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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