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• Design group taps SnapDragon for SME IP protection

  31-Oct-23 - Alliance aims to fight counterfeits by offering design-driven organisations “guidance, advice, and technical monitoring."

• Shop Safe Act reintroduced by US lawmakers

  28-Sep-23 - It would establish liability for online retailers when a third party sells a counterfeit that poses a risk to consumer health or safety.

• Study uncovers four global illicit trade hubs

  25-Sep-23 - The hubs in South and Central America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe allow criminals and enablers to thrive.

• Illicit tobacco tops Trading Standards cases in UK

  03-Aug-23 - 80 per cent of local authorities responding to a survey identified tobacco as the most investigated illicit product.

• Illicit tobacco consumption rises again in Europe

  29-Jun-23 - France remains the greatest consumer of illicit cigarettes, accounting for almost half the total across Europe.

• Operation Pirates 1 nets €33m in fake goods

  21-Jun-23 - A total of 810,995 counterfeit fashion items and 61,246 counterfeit electronic devices were seized in the crackdown.

• Half of EU young people think its OK to buy fakes

  18-Jun-23 - On the positive side, most Europeans reject justifications for buying counterfeit goods, says the EUIPO.

• EUIPO completes blockchain authentication pilot

  15-Jun-23 - EBSI-ELSA tech is the outcome of a project to find an open-source blockchain architecture for anti-counterfeit.

• 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 student collapses after single puff of fake vape

  30-May-23 - The 'repurposed' vape had been purchased from Manchester's notorious 'counterfeit street', according to report.

• 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.

• 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.

• Geekbar takes aim at fake vape company in Philippines

  03-May-23 - Company said the conditions in the factories where counterfeit products are manufactured are "utterly filthy."

• 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.

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