Electronics & Industrial

• 'Nation-wide menace' of counterfeiting crippling India

  16-May-17 - The Indian government is losing around $6bn a year in revenue from illicit counterfeit trade, says FICCI.

• How to protect 3D printed goods from fakery

  12-May-17 - A second line of defence after cybersecurity is needed for 3D printing to ensure counterfeit copies can't be made.

• Seen and heard: counterfeiting news in brief

  12-May-17 - Liverpool FC shirts, fake 'kosher' cheese, Philips electric toothbrushes, kiwifruit and counterfeit pesticides.

• Mexican duo indicted for running fake airbag business

  08-May-17 - Two siblings from Mexico could face up to 10 years in jail after being charged with selling counterfeit airbags.

• China, India named and shamed on lax IP

  02-May-17 - US President Donald Trump's "America First" slogan has come out strong in the latest Special 301 report.

• Electronics industry M&A 'raising risk of counterfeiting'

  19-Apr-17 - M&A activity in the semiconductor industry has accelerated, and is playing into the hands of counterfeiters.

• US customs sees big spike in fakes seized in Puerto Rico

  11-Apr-17 - Seizures of fake goods in the Puerto Rico have risen around 300 per cent in the first six months of this fiscal year.

• Alibaba sued amid claims of fake fire-dousing balls

  10-Apr-17 - Alibaba is in the firing line once again for allowing counterfeit products on its websites.

• Testing lab hit with $3.76m fine in falsified electronics case

  05-Apr-17 - NJMET has been given a heavy fine in a legal dispute focusing on substandard aerospace components.

• Industry welcomes Trump's order to boost defence against fakes

  04-Apr-17 - President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at preventing counterfeits from entering the country.

• Daimler says counterfeiters capabilities are "on the rise"

  03-Apr-17 - The brand protection team at Daimler intercepted around 1.4m fake counterfeit components in 2016.

• Chinese official pledges anti-counterfeit push

  13-Mar-17 - Comments come after Chinese industrial elite put pressure on government to reform intellectual property rights laws.

• Lexmark patents magnetic anti-counterfeit particles

  06-Mar-17 - Lexmark has been awarded a US patent on a means of uncovering counterfeit ink and toner products.

• Alibaba: poor laws, enforcement undermine counterfeit fight

  27-Feb-17 - Alibaba says low conviction rates are a key reason why anti-counterfeiting efforts lack teeth.

• Awareness, info sharing at heart of EUIPO illicit trade plans

  23-Feb-17 - The EUIPO unveils its work programme for 2017, with a slew of initiatives in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy.

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