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Update on the Real Deal Campaign at the TSI Annual Conference

The National Markets Group presents
An Update on the Real Deal Campaign for Fake-Free Markets
at the TSI Annual Conference
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Theatre Two
Tuesday 15 June 2010
10.20am - 10.50am

The Real Deal campaign unites local authority trading standards and market operators with one common purpose; to keep traders in counterfeit goods out of UK markets and car boot sales.

If you have an interest in IP issues, please come along and hear about...

  • how the Real Deal national markets charter and local codes of practice are helping local authorities to keep illicit traders out of markets and car boot sales;
  • examples of best practice from local authorities fighting back against counterfeiters;
  • the Real Deal resources available to local authority trading standards departments.

Speakers will include Liz Bales, Director General of the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, Graham Wilson, Chief Executive of the National Association of British Market Operators (NABMA) and A/DI Graham Mogg, Head of Intelligence Hub, Intellectual Property Office.

To book your place at this mini theatre session, please contact lara.lackie@industrytrust.co.uk, tel: 020 7079 6206. Subject to availability, tickets may also be available on the day from the TSI information desk at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

Several of the Real Deal supporters will also be exhibiting at the TSI Conference. If you are interested in this issue but are unable to attend the mini theatre session, please do visit their exhibition stands where they will be pleased to provide information on the Real Deal campaign.

Real Deal: Notes for editors

The Real Deal national charter is designed to keep traders in counterfeit goods out of UK markets. It was launched at the Trading Standards Institute Annual Conference in Brighton on 30 June 2009. Initiated by the Industry Trust for Intellectual Property Awareness, the Real Deal campaign is supported by the UK-IPO; the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS); the Local Government Association (LGA); the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA); the Trading Standards Institute (TSI); the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA); the Retail Markets Alliance (RMA); the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) and the Alliance Against IP Theft. In effect, all the key organisations, with an interest in this issue in England and Wales, have joined forces under the Real Deal campaign banner to tackle the problem. For more information, go to www.realdealmarkets.co.uk

Media Contact

Real Deal Campaign Coordinator
Patricia Lennon, tel: 01943 816292.
email: patricialennon@greatnorthernbooks.co.uk