Counterfeit goods are those goods that contain trade marks or branded names, and which are produced without the permission of the company involved. Lots of different types of products are counterfeited, for example: clothing and footwear, CD’s and DVD’s, watches, perfume, medicines, and car parts.
Counterfeiting causes harm in many ways:
- the buyer often purchases poor quality goods,
- they may be unsafe, and
- genuine retailers lose out to those selling the copies.
Visit Consumer Direct for information on counterfeiting.
We regularly visit car boot sales, markets and shops to establish whether or not counterfeit goods are being sold. We have powers to seize counterfeit goods and report the person for prosecution. In some cases, we may obtain warrants for people’s homes.
To report somebody selling counterfeit goods, please ring 08454 040506.
