Electronics & Industrial

• Clothing and accessories top US fake good seizures in 2017

  13-Mar-18 - Seizures of counterfeit products arriving at US ports and borders increased 8 per cent last year, new figures reveal.

• €2.4bn lost annually in EU from fake tyres and batteries

  23-Feb-18 - The EU tyre and battery sector is haemorrhaging €2.4bn every year as a result of fakes, a new report reveals.

• Seen and heard: counterfeiting news in brief

  15-Feb-18 - Counterfeit news featuring Richemont, Montblanc, Trust condoms, TVS motorbikes, Iron Maiden, and Nichia diodes.

• German logistics groups boost effort to tackle cargo theft

  14-Feb-18 - Thirteen German business associations have joined forces to crackdown on cargo theft after a spike in incidents.

• Conspirer in fake Apple products scam pleads guilty

  05-Feb-18 - A Chinese man has pleaded guilty to trafficking and smuggling fake Apple-branded products into the US.

• Mexican police recover stolen meds after gun battle

  30-Jan-18 - Police in Mexico have recovered a stolen shipment of pharmaceuticals hijacked by two cargo thieves.

• Special sand could be a new anticounterfeiting solution

  29-Jan-18 - A new sand and chemical mix is claimed to be “the world’s most secure marking system for combatting pirated goods”.

• Cisco files legal challenge against counterfeiters

  25-Jan-18 - Cisco has filed lawsuits in California and New Jersey against sellers of counterfeit versions of its products.

• New board for hologram trade body as it marks 25th anniversary

  24-Jan-18 - The International Hologram Manufacturers Association has announced a new-look board as it marks its 25th anniversary.

• Trademark infringement on the up

  23-Jan-18 - Almost three-quarters of brands have experienced trademark infringement in the past year, says survey.

• Fuse Chicken vs Amazon ‘is a key 2018 lawsuit’

  17-Jan-18 - A lawsuit prompted by the alleged sale of counterfeit Fuse Chicken charger cables on Amazon has been picked by Forbes as ‘one to watch’ this year.

• Seen and heard: counterfeiting news in brief

  08-Jan-18 - Taiwan food fraud, cargo theft, India fake drug testing, counterfeit Botox, cybersecurity contract, and adulterated opium.

• US aerospace firm pays to settle fake electronics probe

  20-Dec-17 - United Technologies is forking out $1.06m to settle claims a subsidiary sold fake helicopter engine parts to the US Army.

• European IP crime unit gets funding boost

  13-Dec-17 - Funding for Europol’s IP crime unit has been doubled following its success in tackling counterfeiting.

• Battelle bags $23m US fake electronics contract

  08-Dec-17 - Battelle wins two R&D contracts with the US govt to help keep fake electronics out of the military supply chain.

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