People are being told to keep away from cheap booze after police uncovered an illegal alcohol factory which may have sold counterfeit and potentially “toxic” vodka. Trading Standards urged drinkers to avoid any unusually cheap alcohol, warning it can pose serious heath risks, including blindness. Authorities seized some 130,000 litres of the suspected illegal alcohol […]

TOYOTA Australia is trying to locate “thousands” of counterfeit airbag parts that could prove deadly in a crash. The bogus parts — sold in what appears to be genuine Toyota packaging — fit most of the 2 million Toyotas sold in Australia over the past 10 years, but the company has no idea how many […]

The economic cost of IPR infringement in the clothing, footwear and accessories sector The economic cost of IPR infringement in the clothing, footwear and accessory sector study looks into the direct and indirect industry revenue loses and job losses due to the presence of counterfeit products. It also looks at the impact on public finance. […]

Have you ever seen an iPhone on sale with a price that’s too good to be true? It turns out counterfeiting the iPhone is a profitable pastime in many parts of the world. But at least one massive counterfeit iPhone operation in China was recently shut down, as police raided a factory that produced more than […]