JA slide show

Latest News

TOUGHER ANTI-COUNTERFEIT LAWS NEEDED

can-logo-small

The Australian Sporting Goods Association, the founder of the Counterfeit Alert Network has called on Members of Parliament to toughen intellectual property laws and protect brand owners from counterfeit activity.  ASGA has written to every Federal MP seeking amendments to the legislation and  has called for touger laws.

The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 currently before the Parliament  doesnt go far enough and more needs to be done to stop counterfeit products at the point of entry or manufacture.

Check out ASGA's media release here

For a copy of of ASGA's submission to MPs click here
 

Golf Equipment Counterfeiters Sentenced to Prison in China

According to a press release from Nike, eight people in China have been sentenced to jail and fined after being convicted of counterfeiting registered trademarks,

Read the full story ...
 

ASGA Fights Counterfeit Sales in Australia

The Australian Sporting Goods Association have combined there sources of six high profile sporting brands along with the expertise of Global Brand Protection to fight the burgeoning issue of the counterfeit sporting goods market in Australia.

Read the full story ...
 

Victorian Police pull plug on piracy syndicate

Victorian Police have today raided the Phillip Island home of a man alleged to be involved in a national piracy syndicate, confiscating close to 10,000 pirated film and music discs,

Read the full story ...
 

eBay Rolls out Major Initiative to Fight Counterfeits

By Ina Steiner | AuctionBytes.com  | November 29, 2006

Read the full story ...
 

Geelong Raid Nets Counterfeit Clubs

On the 22nd May police executed a search warrant on two commercial premises in outer Geelong, where they discovered a number of sets of counterfeit golf clubs.

Read the full story ...
 

Cotton On Caught Copying

Wednesday, 24 December 2008
In late December 2008, the Full Federal Court delivered judgment in a copyright infringement appeal filed by Elwood Clothing Pty Ltd ("Elwood Clothing").

Read the full story ...
 

COUNTERFEIT GOLF EQUIPMENT SEIZED IN BEIJING

Beijing, PRC —April 1, 2009 -- The U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group today announced that on March 24, 2009 the Beijing Chaoyang Administration for Industry and Commerce (AIC)

Read the full story ...
 
  • «
  •  Start 
  •  Prev 
  •  1 
  •  2 
  •  Next 
  •  End 
  • »
Page 1 of 2
The Counterfeit Alert Network is operated by

ASGALogo2

         www.asga.com.au