Consumer Goods & Media

• Amazon opens Transparency to other serialisation systems

  17-Oct-23 - Retail giant has recognised that many brand owners are already using other serialisation technologies to protect products.

• Amazon joins EUIPO enforcement portal

  03-Oct-23 - It is the first big online marketplace to join the information-sharing project aimed at tackling counterfeit goods.

• 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.

• EUIPO says online copyright infringement going up again

  22-Sep-23 - After multiple years of decline, online piracy of content like movies, TV shows and music is on the rise again across the EU.

• OtterBox sues Amazon sellers over fake phone cases

  11-Sep-23 - Suit targets sellers of fakes as well as authorised resellers without permission to place its products on the platform.

• Research exposes influencer role in counterfeit trade

  10-Aug-23 - Study finds 22 per cent of consumers active on social media have purchased counterfeit goods endorsed by influencers.

• 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.

• Diamond microparticles used to make security labels

  31-Jul-23 - The labels are robust and cheap to make and ready for commercial applications, according to their developers.

• 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.

• Pump maker HIBLOW says fakes are on Amazon, eBay

  19-Jun-23 - Knock-off repair kits and diaphragms sold on online marketplaces could destroy the pumps, says firm.

• 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.

• €79m in fake toys seized across Europe

  16-Jun-23 - Over 6,000 inspections were carried out, 19m toy packages were seized, and 205 people were reported to authorities.

• 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.

• ‘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?

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