Counterfeiting: Bad actors move online

Counterfeiting: Bad actors move online

In the past year HP has confiscated more than 3.5 million fraudulent print products, parts, and components – including large numbers of ink and toner cartridges. Between November 2020 and October 2021, the HP Anti-Counterfeit and Fraud (ACF) team has confiscated...
4 of 5 SMBs are victims of counterfeiting online

HP tallies up 2020 anti-counterfeiting efforts

In a recent announcement, HP’s Anti-Counterfeiting and Fraud (ACF) team said that it seized 4.5 million counterfeit products between November 2019 and October 2020. Vanguard reported that Glenn Jones, Head of HP’s Global Anti-Counterfeiting Programme, confirmed that...
Canon educates consumers with anti-counterfeiting microsite

China: Counterfeiting penalties are too lenient

A new study on counterfeiting penalties in China finds that the penalties imposed are often below the statutory minimum required by law. The study was undertaken by Chuanzi Cai of South China University of Technology’s Faculty of Law in Guangzhou and published...