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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.
11 October 2016
11.10.16 - Plymouth City Council's Trading Standards Team are warning people not to risk selling counterfeit goods for extra money before Christmas after a number of seizures in the city.
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.
26 September 2016
26.09.16 - The firm, Smartway Imports Ltd, of Overbridge Road, Salford, pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to unsafe toys and one offence of possessing more than 3,700 counterfeit goods for supply under the Consumer Protection Act and the Trade Marks Act.
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.
16 July 2016
16.07.16 - A stark warning has been issued to retailers across Leicestershire after it was found many believed they weren't breaking the law by dealing in openly described dodgy merchandise.
08 July 2016
08.07.16 - a ruling from the Court of Justice in the European Union (CJEU) to place market operators under an obligation as an intermediary to stop the trade in fakes.
05 July 2016
05.07.16 - Biggest and longest enforcement action against counterfeiting and piracy on social media rolled out across Scotland and Eire.
30 June 2016
30.06.16 - Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's Specialist Trading Standards team is dealing with an increasing number of complaints of fake goods – including clothing, footwear, watches, perfume and even DVDs – being sold via selling sites and personal profiles on the social media network.
15 June 2016
15.06.16 - During the operation, Detectives from Reactive and Organised Crime Branch, assisted by local police, searched three houses and a mobile shop in the cityside area of Derry. 
During the searches they seized a quantity of counterfeit clothing, music, films and documentation as well as approximately £2,500 cash.
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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.