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Temu expands Brand Guardian program to fight counterfeits

Temu signs over 1,500 brands to its expanded Brand Guardian scheme, stepping up IP enforcement and counterfeit crackdowns worldwide.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2025

Physical Security

IACC conference highlights evolving anti-counterfeiting strategies

The IACC Annual Conference 2024 unveils new strategies in combating counterfeiting, emphasising the use of deep brand knowledge and advanced technologies.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Thu, 23rd May 2024

Cybersecurity

The dark side of social media influencers: facilitating counterfeit trade

The success of the deviant social media influencers lies in exploiting certain consumer characteristics that make them susceptible to their charms.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 10th Aug 2023

Marketing Technologies

Website spoofing: What to know about counterfeit domain names to keep from getting scammed

Have you ever visited the website of a well-established brand but something about it didn't seem right? That may not have been the brand's website at all.

By Mark Gorrie • 5 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2022

HP study illuminates booming counterfeit print supply industry

Businesses that purchase print supplies are in danger of falling victim to the multi-billion dollar industry of counterfeits and fakes.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 11th Jun 2019

Marketing Technologies

Europol cracks down on counterfeit sites; arrests 12 people

Europol and law enforcement authorities from 26 countries have dismantled an online counterfeit goods ring and arrested 12 people.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Nov 2018

Counterfeits

How ID cards can use visual security to make counterfeiters weep

One look at a well-crafted identity card could tell counterfeiters that they're defeated before they even try.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 22nd May 2018

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Counterfeit seizures prompt warnings to reseller community

Retailers selling counterfeit or unsafe products could face significant penalties of up to $1.1 million - or imprisonment.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Supply Chain

Protecting brand New Zealand

Counterfeiting is one of the fastest growing economic crimes of modern times. Innovative and cost-effective tech solutions are now able to tackle this.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 14th Apr 2015

Gaming

Smartphone fakes fail at the border

NZ Customs thwarted over 400 attempts to smuggle counterfeit electronics in 2014, underscoring a surge in fake goods' trade.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 8th Jan 2015