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• Sesame Street owner sues online sellers over counterfeits

  04-Mar-25 - The suit cites e-commerce stores on sites like AliExpress, Amazon, eBay, eCRATER, MadeInChina, Temu and Walmart.

• Indian brothers arraigned in US on fake cancer drug charges

  03-Mar-25 - The Jha brothers are accused of trafficking in various falsified medicines, including knock-offs of Merck & Co's Keytruda.

• Bia Analytical showcases food authenticity portal

  03-Mar-25 - Bia Analytical has launched a beta version of its cloud-based portal for verifying the integrity of herbs and spices.

• Illegal weight-loss ingredients are 'flooding into US'

  25-Feb-25 - Report suggests compounders may be using illegally imported APIs made in unregistered overseas facilities.

• Systech launches AI authentication aimed at pharma

  25-Feb-25 - The artAI platform creates a digital blueprint of pack artwork that can be used for verification and counterfeit protection.

• Save the date for counterfeit electronics symposium

  24-Feb-25 - The programme will feature keynotes from Jaguar Land Rover and the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO).

• CBP reports rise in fake postage stamp seizures

  24-Feb-25 - Officers in Chicago and Birmingham intercepted two shipments in the last couple of weeks worth around $264,000.

• US patent awarded on built-in authentication for vinyl

  20-Feb-25 - The VinylKey technology covered by the patent is billed as creating"next-level collectible vinyl."

• Duck feather-inspired film has anti-counterfeit properties

  19-Feb-25 - The fully biodegradable film also extends shelf-life, protects against UV light and pH changes, and is antibacterial.

• UK eBay sellers sentenced over 'hazardous' fake chargers

  19-Feb-25 - Foysal Habib and Abu Sufian pleaded guilty last year to selling fake goods, including electronics, cosmetics, and clothing.

• Nintendo, Amazon seek big damages in fake amiibo suit

  18-Feb-25 - The defendants are accused of selling at least $2.3m worth of counterfeit amiibo products on Amazon.

• Applied DNA abandons DNA authentication business

  18-Feb-25 - The decision will see 20 per cent of its workforce laid off as firm looks into finding a buyer for the underperforming unit.

• Study could help luxury brands counter the appeal of fakes

  13-Feb-25 - Low-knowledge consumers are fuelling the trillion-dollar counterfeit market; Educate them, researchers say.

• Ransomware suspects arrested in cybercrime crackdown

  11-Feb-25 - Four Russian nationals are suspected of using a Phobos variant to extort victims across Europe and beyond.

• 12 arrests as counterfeit euro ring is busted

  10-Feb-25 - Raids in Serbia and North Macedonia found machines to make moulds and stamps for fake money and other equipment.

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