Consumer Goods & Media

• 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.

• Administrator of iSpoof website sentenced to 13 years

  25-May-23 - Users of the site scammed victims by impersonating legitimate organisations, making an estimated €114m worldwide.

• 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.

• New Twitter Blue feature aids content pirates

  24-May-23 - Search reveals new John Wick movie is available through multiple posts - at least at the time of writing.

• 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.

• 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.

• Amazon launches counterfeiter-tracking database

  27-Apr-23 - The Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX) aims to make it harder for counterfeiters to sell fakes between retail stores.

• Streaming piracy will cost US industry $113bn by 2027

  26-Apr-23 - Visits to pirate hosting websites increased by 31% in 2020, says new analysis by Parks Associates.

• Lawsuit tries to hold Apple responsible for fake apps

  11-Apr-23 - Complaint filed in Beijing is targeted at rogue developers peddling apps through the App Store, as well as Apple itself.

• Slot machine firm files fakes suit against Chinese rival

  30-Mar-23 - Crazy Software is accused of selling and distributing counterfeit, poor quality copies of the coin-operated machines.

• Alibaba beefs up verification on Idle Fish resale site

  06-Mar-23 - Online retailer says the upgrade has doubled the number of brands that consumers can authenticate on the platform.

• Four arrests in UK crackdown on online piracy

  06-Mar-23 - Network is estimated to have provided illegal access to content to around half a million customers across the UK.

• Overhaul buys cargo security firm SensiGuard

  15-Feb-23 - SensiGuard monitors cargo in real time while shipments are in transit from origin to destination using embedded trackers.

• eBay bolsters anti-counterfeit with 3PM Shield buy

  14-Feb-23 - 3PM offers a cloud-based platform that uses AI to monitor data on third-party sellers on e-commerce platforms.

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