Counterfeit Goods

Couple Unwittingly Tries To Sells Pirated Rosetta Stone Software On eBay

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Ebay, Education Software, Counterfeiting, Software-Piracy, Counterfeit Goods, Rosetta-Stone, Software, Rosetta Stone, Ebay-Counterfeit, Money News

A couple from Washington state who are accused of trying to sell counterfeit software say they were only trying to pay for their late nephew's headsto...

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Man Charged With Selling Counterfeit Microsoft Software

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Ebay, Fraud, Microsoft Office, Collier Bennett Harper, Illegal Imports, Video, Counterfeiting, Microsoft, Counterfeit Goods, Illegal Importaning, Ap, Technology News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a Southern California man with illegally importing more than 1,000 counterfeit Microsoft Office ...

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U.S. Busts Enormous Smuggling Ring

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: New Jersey Port, Knock-Ofs New Jersey, Smuggling u.s., Nike Smuggling, Reuters, Counterfeit Goods, Smuggling Ring, Louis Vuitton Smuggling, Business News

(Adds drug ring, smuggling details, byline and dateline) By Gianna Palmer NEWARK, N.J., March 2 (Reuters) - More than tw...

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Americans Still Love Fakes

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Video, Designer Bags, Fake Designer Bags, Fake Bags, Counterfeit Bags, Counterfeit Goods, Style News

This just in: Americans still love fake bags. We would have thought that the demand for fakes -- plastic bags with mangled "LV" logos, tufted purse...

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WATCH: Are You Carrying A Fake Bag?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Fake Purses, Fake Handbags, Purses, Video, Counterfeiting, Counterfeit Goods, Chanel Bags, Fake Bags, Hermes Bags, Style News

Fancy yourself a Chanel 2.55? An Hermes Birkin? Or perhaps a pretty little leather YSL satchel? Just make sure you're not buying a fake. The Wall S...

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3,001 Arrested For Product Piracy In China's Latest Crackdown

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Product Piracy, Copyright Infringement, Business News, China, Product Piracy, China Business News, Counterfeit Goods, Business News

BEIJING — Chinese authorities have arrested 3,001 people in their latest crackdown on rampant product piracy and seized fake or counterfeit medi...

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Flea Market Fakes Pose Health, Terrorist Risks

AP | BETH DeFALCO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Counterfeit Goods, Flea Market, Style News

TRENTON, N.J. — Used to be, if you wanted a knockoff handbag or fake fragrance, Lower Manhattan's Canal Street was a mecca. But with flea marke...

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Cyber Monday Crackdown: 82 Sites Shut Down

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Intellectual Property, Counterfeit Goods, Cyber Monday, Piracy, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Pirated Goods, Operation in Our Sites 2, Ice, Cyber Monday Crackdown, Copyrighted, Technology News

The government shut down 82 websites on Cyber Monday, one of the busiest online shopping days of the year, in a crackdown on counterfeit goods and cop...

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The Confucian Consumer and Chinese Luxury: FAQs

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Ambition, Youth and Luxury, Counterfeit Goods, Debeers, Chinese Icons, Confucian Culture, Louis Vuitton, Chinese Youth, Luxury in China, Dunhill, Business News
Tom Doctoroff

Why is China's luxury population so young compared to economies in other nations? They're very young for one simple reason: China is an incredibly amb...

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Fake Websites Shut Down By Police In Biggest Takedown Of Its Kind

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Fraud, Counterfeiting, Fake Websites, Fake Goods, Counterfeit Goods, Fake Uggs, Online Scams, Counterfeit Ugg Boots, Ugg Boots, Technology News

More than 1,000 websites that claim to sell cut-price designer goods have been shut down in the biggest police operation of its kind in the UK. The...

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