A booming market in counterfeit goods racked up sales of 7.1 billion euros in Italy last year, undermining high-end fashion brands and prized food products that Italy's economy thrives on
Dubai Customs achieved a growth in seizing of trademarks infringement cases by 39% during the first quarter of the current year, according to Dubai Customs.
ABOUT 500,000 tonnes of substandard and counterfeit goods worth over sh5b were intercepted by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) over the past three years.
The UK is the only country whose laws ‘abjectly fail’ to protect the interests of consumers when it comes to copyright, according to Consumers International.
Since October 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Newark Seaport have made approximately 200 seizures of counterfeit goods with a domestic value of more than $33 million
According to the BI Norwegian School of Management, those who download 'free' music are actually also 10 times more likely to pay for music downloads than those who don't BitTorrent.
One in four GPs has treated patients for side effects of drugs bought online, prompting experts to warn about the dangers of purchasing medication on the internet.
