It has been a weird and scary few weeks for everyone. While most of the world is banding together to help each other through, some nasty individuals are taking advantage of the situation, meaning that counterfeit products are rife and...

As experts in the field, we have called on our experience and knowledge to produce the following guide to protecting your brand online. This series of guides is intended for those brands that sell consumer products but contains useful tips...

In these ever stranger times, a need for optimism is clear, along with an appreciation of the good things in life: friends, family, health and sunshine. And in my case, nice wine (or a gin and tonic)....

Counterfeiting is a sector where the criminals and copycats have been the real innovators for far too long. And when it comes to fakes, counterfeiters are only getting craftier, constantly finding new ways to copy and profiteer whilst avoiding the...

As cycling jerseys have become ‘cooler’, the number of counterfeits have grown. Safety concerns are arguably less pertinent than with other cycling products. However, fakes pose a real threat to the innovators that have worked hard to build their brands...

Love is … cartoons, illustrated by Kim Casali, filled the 1970s. Alongside this was one of Coke’s biggest campaigns: ‘Coke, it’s the real thing’. These gave consumers no choice as to the rationale for selecting originality and, in effect, Coke...

In an industry so reliant on the safety of it’s products, the infiltration of substandard fakes and copies can be devastating for both businesses and consumers alike....

The true extent of the relationship between counterfeiting and organised crime is shocking....

According to 2018 results, Black Friday sales topped $6.22 billion in the US alone, with the UK accounting for an additional £1.5 billion revenue, dominated once more by Amazon which recorded the highest activity on both sides of the pond....

In this blog, Rachel talks about conversations had as the entrepreneur in residence at the British Library’s first Business & IP Centre in Scotland. Delivered in partnership with Glasgow Life and the National Library of Scotland, the new service in...