Most brands focus on protecting their logo, yet some of the most valuable brand assets are often left completely exposed. Once a competitor or counterfeiter begins imitating these elements, the damage to customer trust, market share and brand value can be significant.
The reality is that a brand is made up of far more than its name or logo.
For many brands, summer is synonymous with increased consumer spending.
Holiday bookings surge, outdoor events fill calendars, and demand rises for everything from event tickets to fashion and cosmetic products. Unfortunately, this seasonal upshift in consumer purchasing also creates fresh opportunities for counterfeiters. Learn about the latest counterfeit trends affecting brands this summer.
L.L.Bean enhanced the company’s in‑house IP enforcement to a strategic brand protection partnership with SnapDragon, expanding global monitoring, utilising AI-driven detection, and strengthening enforcement results around copycats, impersonation and phishing sites targeting L.L.Bean customers worldwide.
Brand Protection, Counterfeit, Domains, Fake Websites, Impersonation, IP Infringement
SnapDragon's Joseph Bua delves into the importance of seeing counterfeiters as competitors, and the brands that recognize counterfeiters as an important strategic threat, will be better positioned to protect both market share and customer trust in the long term in his latest blog.
For years, the beauty industry's battle against counterfeits has focused on fake products, copied packaging and unauthorised online sellers.
But the counterfeit landscape is changing.
As brands invest in AI-powered skin diagnostics, personalised skincare recommendations and virtual beauty consultations, counterfeiters are finding new ways to exploit consumer trust—long before a purchase is made.
Counterfeit, IP Protection, Online Brand Protection
