Electronics & Industrial

• Fake iPhone, iPad seller gets 37 months in prison

  31-Jul-19 - A 44-year old man is sentenced to more than three years in prison for smuggling fake Apple products into the US.

• Honeywell crackdown on fake refrigerants bears more fruit

  30-Jul-19 - Counterfeits of a Honeywell refrigerant that is often used in air conditioning systems have been seized in Poland.

• India eyes microdots to fight car theft, counterfeiting

  30-Jul-19 - India’s transport ministry wants motor vehicles and their component parts to carry microdot security markings.

• US seizes $1m in fake electronics including Apple, Samsung gear

  25-Jul-19 - US customs has discovered around $1m-worth of counterfeit electronics gear entering the country from Canada.

• University of California patents counterfeit chip detector

  24-Jul-19 - Patent covers an on-chip detector designed to spot counterfeiting and recycling of integrated circuits.

• Casio sues Indian online retailer Snapdeal over fakes

  13-Jul-19 - Casio is suing online retailer Snapdeal and various sellers, claiming they sold counterfeit copies of its products.

• US lawmakers bid to end US e-waste exports

  07-Jul-19 - A bill has been tabled in the US that aims to ban the export of electronic waste so as to curb counterfeiting.

• Researchers find markers that can spot fuel laundering

  03-Jul-19 - Scientists in Poland think they may have found a solution to the problem of illegal fuel laundering.

• Amazon and Nite Ize file lawsuit claiming counterfeit sales

  01-Jul-19 - Amazon has teamed up with US phone accessory company Nite Ize to file a lawsuit against Steelie counterfeiters.
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  The perfect tax stamp

  18-Jun-19 - Current security labels cause governments to lose tax revenue, writes Avi Chaudhuri of Systech.

• Link between counterfeits and organised crime 'clear'

  13-Jun-19 - Most criminal activity involving counterfeiting is carried out by professional organised crime networks.

• EUIPO gauges economic impact of counterfeit goods

  10-Jun-19 - Direct lost sales due to counterfeits amount to €56bn per year in the EU, according to a new EUIPO report.

• Yokogawa warns of fakes posing ‘serious safety risk’

  10-Jun-19 - Yokogawa says it has discovered fake EJA-110E series differential pressure transmitters in North America.

• US chip counterfeiter gets 46 month sentence

  06-Jun-19 - A US man is sentenced to almost four years in prison for selling fake chips that ended up in military equipment.

• Nikon warns of counterfeit camera batteries

  03-Jun-19 - Nikon has confirmed that counterfeit camera batteries have been sold by authorised retailers in the US.

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