On Wednesday 2 March 2016 Surelock working on behalf of TRAP travelled to Ireland where working alongside The Garda made various seizures in an around the Dublin area. The largest seizure of the day was one of One Direction merchandise in the home town on Nial Horan (of One Direction) where the following was seized…

After pleading guilty to fraudulently selling an estimated £250k worth of counterfeit goods, Johanna Donnelly of Norwich has been given 3 months to repay £140k. If the money remains unpaid, she will serve 5 months in prison in addition to the 150 hours of community service and an enforced 10 days of rehab she was…

Working together with City of Westminster Trading Standards, TRAP’s Brand Protection Team, Surelock , raided an iconic store in the heart of Central London selling many fake music artists T-shirts. Among the artists that had their Intellectual Property used without their consent were The Who, The Beatles, The The Smiths, Motorhead, Madness, Blur, Stone Roses,…

After almost a decade, a serial copyright infringer has finally been fined at Liverpool Crown Court. Stephen Carroll, the sole proprietor of T-Shirt Subway was fined £11,000 after the jury was told that on several occasions he was contacted by Trading Standards and warned that his activities were illegal; warnings that were later ignored. Had…

LARGEST COUNTERFEITING CASE EVER UNDERTAKEN BY WEST YORKSHIRE TRADING STANDARDS TRAP partners Surelock were heavily involved in bringing Five members of an extended family, Amar, Yasir, Qaisar and Faisal Choudry of Bradford and their brother-in-law Mudasar Alishan to Court. The family were ordered to pay £1.5M or face jail sentences. The case was brought by…

This year TRAP’s contribution to UK GOVs IP crime report highlighted the shocking news that in the year 2020-2021 we had to action our two millionth take down from e-commerce platforms. Full report can be read here

Earlier today, TRAP partners Surelock seized thousands of pounds worth of counterfeit goods in a joint operation with the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) and Camden Trading Standards. Retailers on Camden High Street were targeted in one of the first combined raids to take place since the easing of lockdown in the UK. More raids across the…

TRAP are now regular contributors to UK GOVs IP Crime report. In this years report the scale of the problem of counterfeit products made available through e-commerce was highlighted. Full report can be found here

West Sussex Trading Standards following an investigation and undercover operation by Surelock investigators on behalf of TRAP, who in October 2018 identified the eBay store Rockshirtz run by Garry Warren of Bognor Regis. Test purchases were carried out proving products were counterfeit. In February 2019 together with West Sussex Trading Standards, Surelock investigators went to…

A man was sentenced yesterday (Monday 13 January 2020) to an 8 month custodial sentence, following a hearing at Inner London Crown Court, after pleading guilty to manufacturing goods with unauthorised trademarks. Between March 2012 and February 2015, Izhar Gul, aged 43 of Boundary Road in London, produced fake merchandise bearing the branding and logos…