Clothing & Accessories

• US notorious markets list adds AliExpress, WeChat

  21-Feb-22 - 2021 list identifies 42 online and 35 physical markets that allow "substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy."

• This year's fake Super Bowl goods haul? Almost $100m

  16-Feb-22 - Another Super Bowl, and another big enforcement operation, uncovering more than 267,000 fake products.

• UK government lays out anti-IP crime strategy

  04-Feb-22 - Plans include the establishment of a national centre of excellence for gathering and analysing intelligence on IP infringement.

• Accessories top list of fake goods seized in EU in 2020

  11-Jan-22 - IP infringing products with a value of almost €2bn were seized in the EU’s internal market and at external borders in 2020.

• Social media influencers 'play a big role in counterfeit market'

  10-Jan-22 - 13 per cent of poll respondents said that they had been influenced to make a counterfeit purchase by social media endorsements.

• Near-$1m of fake championship rings seized in Cincinnati

  06-Jan-22 - 1,300 counterfeit rings were intercepted in 56 shipments over the holiday period, according to CBP.

• YPB gets Chinese patent for anti-fake technology

  20-Dec-21 - The award extends YPB's IP for MotifMicro, its smartphone-readable anti-counterfeit technology.

• $3m of fake jewellery, scarves seized in Cincinnati

  16-Dec-21 - Haul included scarves, bracelets, rings, and earrings which claimed to be from the likes of Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Cartier.

• US woman sentenced for fake goods trafficking

  16-Dec-21 - Paw Moo imported $118,000-worth of designer brand handbags, clothes, blankets, phone cases, belts and a wallet.

• Illicit trade driving demand for child, forced labour

  10-Dec-21 - Problem is "vastly overlooked" and "one of the worst consequences" of illicit trade, according to TRACIT report.

• CBP seizes $30m in fake designer goods

  06-Dec-21 - The haul included bags, backpacks, shirts, and pants from brands like Gucci, Chanel, Fendi, YSL and Louis Vuitton.

• Looking for a luxury watch? How to avoid fakes

  03-Dec-21 - Gemologist Marion Siamou details the top five giveaways for spotting a fake designer watch online.

• Op takes down nearly half a million fake-peddling websites

  29-Nov-21 - In Our Sites 12 resulted in 12 arrests, 48 criminal cases, and the confiscation of counterfeit items worth $2.6m.

• France orders block on online store Wish on safety grounds

  26-Nov-21 - Test purchases revealed high levels of dangerous electronics, toys and costumer jewellery, says DGCRF.

• Russian fur body seeks labelling parity with faux fur

  25-Nov-21 - Faux fur isn't subject to track-and-trace labeling, making it harder to detect falsification and trafficking of natural fur.

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