Cosmetics & Personal Care

• ‘Malicious envy’ on social media could deter fakes

  13-Jun-23 - Could the social media post comment field be harnessed by brand owners to deter people from buying counterfeits?

• EU poised for deal on proceeds of crime info sharing

  11-Jun-23 - National authorities dealing with crime will be able to access centralised bank account registers under the proposal.

• UK trio sentenced in fake designer goods case

  07-Jun-23 - Shopkeeper and accomplices pleaded guilty to selling £1m-worth of knock-off clothing, watches, jewelry and perfume.

• USPTO seeks feedback on counterfeits and piracy

  25-May-23 - The agency wants to hear from consumers, IP holders, online and physical markets, and others to guide its strategy.

• Fake Philips toothbrush heads found in London

  18-May-23 - The electric toothbrush heads "pose a health risk to consumers," said City of London police's PIPCU unit.

• Overhaul launches AI-powered cargo theft tool

  09-May-23 - RiskGPT promises to help users predict, prevent, and respond to the threat of cargo theft or other shipment risks.

• OpSec to list on Nasdaq via SPAC merger

  27-Apr-23 - The merger will raise up to $199 million in gross proceeds, valuing the combined company at around $426 million.

• Suppliers are weak link in cybersecurity, says report

  27-Apr-23 - 40 per cent of third-party suppliers do not conduct regular penetration tests of internal systems, according to Risk Ledger.

• Aquavit wins judgment in U-Biomed counterfeit suit

  23-Mar-23 - Company wins $10m in damages in complaint alleging counterfeiting of its Aquagold microneedle device.

• Perfume’s Club barred from selling fake RevitaLash goods

  06-Mar-23 - European online retailer sold fake items suppled by Czech group Alito, says brand owner Athena Cosmetics.

• UK authorities smash massive fake goods network

  23-Feb-23 - Criminal operation is estimated to have raked in “up to £65m” ($78m) a year from knock-off products.

• Overhaul buys cargo security firm SensiGuard

  15-Feb-23 - SensiGuard monitors cargo in real time while shipments are in transit from origin to destination using embedded trackers.

• US notorious markets list includes AliExpress, WeChat again

  02-Feb-23 - Other online sources in this year's update include Alibaba's Taobao, DHGate, Pinduoduo, IndiaMART and Shopee.

• RevitaLash wins another judgment in counterfeit case

  29-Jan-23 - AMN Distribution and Moishe Newman breached an earlier settlement deal, and were ordered to pay $1.1m in damages.

• e-Commerce sites under siege from 'digital' fraudsters

  25-Jan-23 - Organised networks are increasingly using coordinated bot attacks and automated social engineering to steal goods.

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