On Thursday 16 June 2016, Surelock together with numerous other members of the Anti-Counterfeiting Group assisted officers from Camden Trading Standards to carry out enforcements on a number of retail outlets in Camden High Street selling numerous music artists counterfeits and other counterfeit merchandise. Two van loads of counterfeits goods were seized. This was a multi-agency […]
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Brandgenuity Grows Gas Monkey Garage in Europe
Surelock has been retained to protect the IP rights of Gas Monkey Garage Agency signs three new licensees for automotive brand. Brandgenuity has secured three European licensees to help expand the Gas Monkey Garage brand outside of the U.S. The brand is inspired by the Dallas, Texas, automotive restoration shop that is featured in the […]
Video Overview of Surelock’s Investigative and Security Services
To all our readers. We recently created a video to give a good and quick overview of the Surelock team and services. We think it serves its purpose very well, that being to provide an alternative way for our clients and prospects to find out about our philosophy, background and the investigative and consultancy services […]
Fake Goods Worth More than £30m Seized in Barras Crackdown
Although Surelock has not been directly involved with this long running operation we have supplied authentication evidence when our clients’ counterfeits have been seized. Fake goods worth more than £30m have been seized and 100 arrests were made during a three-year crackdown on Glasgow’s Barras market. Counterfeit clothing, shoes, bags, electronics, jewellery and tobacco – all […]
The New Age of the Ticket Tout
A government-commissioned report on the problem of ticket touts is being published this week. Andrew Hosken (The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4) examines how the internet age has made secondary ticket sales big business. No sporting event or music concert would feel complete without the ticket tout. Buying low and selling high has always been […]
Online Dating ABC
A male victim of a fraud, Terry (not his real name of course) contacted us recently following a “meeting” from a dating site with Lady E (let’s call her that because it isn’t her real name and neither is the name she gave the victim). In fact they never actually met, as all their ”meeting” […]
Protecting Creativity, Supporting Innovation: IP Enforcement 2020
The Government has set out its strategy as to how it will make effective, proportionate and accessible enforcement of IP rights a priority for the next four years. The UK has been independently assessed as a world leader in enforcement. This strategy explains how the Government will retain this status and ensure that UK rights […]
Personal Security Threats in the Current Political Climate
While the issue of personal security frequently involves only immediate surroundings, it is an undeniable fact that extraneous situations can have a very real impact upon existing threats. Those within decision-making roles as well as the general public need to be aware of such risks as well as the ways that they can be mitigated. […]
Important News for Owners of CCTV Systems
This message has been sent by the Bromley Neighbourhood Watch Association for the attention of owners of CCTV systems. Dear Coordinator, Are you aware, following a ruling by the European Court of Justice, the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) has ruled that household CCTV systems that film beyond the boundary of the property, such as the […]
Bristol Shop Owner Sold More Than 1,600 Fake T-shirts Online
This successful prosecution followed a covert operation by Surelock, working on behalf of TRAP (Trade Mark and Rights holders Against Piracy). We identified eBay sites, made test purchases of our clients’ counterfeit merchandise, then worked in association with South Gloucestershire Trading Standards to identify the offenders and raid the premises. A Wickwar man has been given a three-month […]