Guidance

Topical issues for business and consumers

Understand how intellectual property crime and infringement occurs and impacts on businesses and consumers.

Documents

Details

This guidance covers:

  • understanding counterfeit and sub-standard products
  • fake poppies
  • counterfeit toys
  • counterfeit vehicle parts
  • file sharing, downloading and streaming
  • illicit streaming devices, also know as ‘kodi’ boxes
  • fake alcohol
  • photographs or images on the internet including social media
  • letters alleging online copyright infringement
  • danger of fake electrical goods
  • intellectual property and cyber security

Updates to this page

Published 27 September 2017
Last updated 11 October 2022 show all updates
  1. Counterfeit toys section added.

  2. Understanding counterfeit and sub-standard products guidance added.

  3. Fake poppies added.

  4. Counterfeit vehicle parts added.

  5. First published.

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