At the NABMA annual conference in a Harrogate, the organisation’s Chief Executive, Graham Wilson, was presented with the ‘Real Deal Award’. This is the inaugural award by the National Markets Group for IP Protection in recognition of support and promotion of the Real Deal initiative. Continue reading
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The Chartered Trading Standards Institute’s Business Companion
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute’s Business Companion provides online information for businesses and individuals about trading standards and consumer protection legislation, including useful sections on intellectual property and car boot sales.
www.businesscompanion.info
Black Isle Show Will be The Real Deal
Visitors to the Black Isle Show on the 5th and 6th August will be assured of getting the Real Deal after The Highland Council and the Black Isle Farmers Society made a commitment to keep them free of fake goods.
Pictured after signing up to the Real Deal charter are L to R – Rod MacKenzie, Secretary and Treasurer of the Black Isle Show Farmers Society; Andrew Cameron Junior Vice President; George MacIver, Vice President; President of the Black Isle Farmers Society Richard MacLennan; Chair of the Council’s Planning, Development & Infrastructure Committee, Cllr Audrey Sinclair and Trading Standards Manager Gordon Robb.
Organisations throughout the UK have signed up to the Real Deal markets’ charter, a nationwide initiative that encourages local authority Trading Standards and market operators to work closely together and share information so that local markets, car boot sales remain free from counterfeit goods and are a safe environment in which to shop and trade. The agreement is the first of its kind in the Highlands and the furthest North for the Real Deal Scheme. Continue reading
National Markets Group launches inaugural awards to recognise achievements in tackling IP crime
Pictured (left to right): Sharon Penketh, National Trading Standards e-Crime Team; Graham Mogg, Chair of the National Markets Group; Martin Harland and David Hunt of Camden Council Trading Standards.
At the Chartered Institute of Trading Standards conference in Bournemouth last week (Wed 1 July 2015), Leon Livermore, CEO of the CTSI presented the inaugural National Markets Group Awards.
The National Markets Group for IP Protection (NMG), which consists of representatives from industry, enforcement and government, works in partnership to reduce the availability of counterfeit and pirated goods at markets, car boot sales and social media platforms such as Facebook. Continue reading
National Markets Group and National Trading Standards eCrime Team Join Forces
National Markets Group and National Trading Standards eCrime Team Join Forces to launch the biggest enforcement operation ever seen in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to combat piracy on social media
Read more www.tradingstandardsecrime.org.uk
London’s Portobello and Golborne Road Market is the Real Deal
Pictured signing the Real Deal Charter are (left to right) chairman of the Portobello & Golborne Management Committee, Mark Barr; Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cllr Nick Paget-Brown; Markets Manager, Nick Kasic; Trading Standards, Sanju Manji and Ash Shah.
The iconic, council-run Portobello and Golborne Road Market is now part of the Real Deal scheme following the signing of the Real Deal Charter by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with Hammersmith and Fulham Trading Standards Service on Saturday 30 May. The Charter signing demonstrates their joint determination to ensure that Portobello and Golborne Market is free of counterfeit goods.
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Intellectual Property Training Courses
A series of training courses has been designed by the IPO and Alliance for IP to help people develop an understanding of various aspects of Intellectual Property: copyright, trade mark and design issues, the role of the Intellectual Property Office, and IP crime.
The courses are designed to assist those preparing to take the Diploma in Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards IP examination in November each year but each individual training day can be booked as a standalone course.
There are four separate training days:
1 An Introduction to IP
- Copyright
- Registered Designs and Design Rights
- Trade Marks and the Criminal Law
Full course details are available to download here www.realdealmarkets.co.uk
For further information or enrolment on the courses, please contact the training co-ordinator: Rebecca Mahoney
e-mail: allianceiptraining@gmail.comor phone: 07805 924 409
Enforcement News
Click here for a round-up of recent prosecutions by Trading Standards services across the country . . . Continue reading
Real Deal is the icing on the cake at Wisbech!
As part of its commitment to the Real Deal charter, Wisbech Town Council is working with Trading Standards officers at Cambridgeshire County Council to ensure fake goods and other illicit items are not sold on the market. Continue reading
March is the Real Deal
Fenland District Council, which operates the local market in March, is the latest to introduce the Real Deal Charter, confirming the council’s commitment to safe, fair, fake-free trading.
The council and market management have worked with trading standards officers at Cambridgeshire County Council who are committed to rolling out the Real Deal charter across all the council’s markets. March is now the fifth market in the county to adopt the Charter.