ANTI-COUNTERFEITING
Suspected fakes need clear evidence and a practical plan. Nitin Agarwal can assess the relevant IP rights, preserve the key information and advise on proportionate enforcement options.
Send the relevant registrations, product photographs, URLs, seller details and any purchase or shipment information.
WHY TAKE ADVICE?
Review the genuine product and rights against the goods causing concern. Not every imitation is a counterfeit.
Save URLs, seller details and images before listings or accounts disappear. Preserve dated purchase records.
Focus on the sellers and channels that create the greatest commercial risk. Agree each enforcement step first.
WHEN WE CAN HELP
These are illustrative situations, not accounts of completed client matters.
A marketplace or website offers goods using your branding and you want to assess the available action.
We can review the rights and listings and advise on a platform complaint or other proportionate next steps within the agreed instruction.
New listings or accounts appear and you need a wider view of the activity and sources involved.
We can help organise the evidence and consider a focused response. Investigation and ongoing checks require an expressly agreed scope.
You have information suggesting that counterfeit products may be imported into your target market.
Customs action is a separate route with its own rights and requirements. Our related service explains what may be needed to seek assistance.
THE SERVICE
A focused response starts with reliable evidence of the goods, seller and rights involved.
Review listings, samples, seller details and the protected branding concerned.
Consider the available registrations, authenticity indicators and commercial impact.
Discuss suitable platform, supply-chain, customs or other reporting and enforcement routes.
Draft the instructed notices or correspondence based on the evidence and chosen strategy.
Review responses and agree any further investigation, specialist work or formal action separately.
A CLEAR PROCESS
Provide listings, seller details, samples or other relevant records.
We review the rights, evidence and issues within the agreed assessment.
Confirm the appropriate route and the communications to prepare.
Review responses and decide whether additional work is justified.
YOUR ATTORNEY
Nitin Agarwal is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and founder of Corpinal IP Limited. You deal directly with him on the agreed advice and work. The engagement confirms the scope and any specialist support required.
BEFORE YOU INSTRUCT US
Have a question about your situation? Tell us what you need help with and include any relevant dates.
A counterfeit product commonly involves goods or packaging that use another party’s protected branding without authorisation in a way that presents the goods as genuine or connected with the rights owner.
Yes. Depending on the evidence and rights involved, options may include marketplace or platform complaints, direct legal correspondence, action against websites or sellers and wider enforcement measures.
Useful evidence can include screenshots, URLs, seller details, purchase records, photographs of products and packaging, transaction information and records showing ownership of the relevant IP rights.
Registered trade marks are often important in anti-counterfeiting work, but other rights and legal remedies may also be relevant depending on the product, packaging, design and circumstances.
An initial conversation identifies your needs and whether we can help. Document review, legal assessment, drafting and substantive advice are paid work, with scope and fees agreed before we start. Sending an enquiry does not confirm that we can act or that a deadline is being monitored.
RELATED GUIDANCE
Customs work depends on clear rights information and practical ways to recognise suspect products.
Monitoring should lead to clear decisions about which risks matter and what action is proportionate.
Whether you are sending or receiving a letter, the wording should follow an assessment of the rights, evidence and objective.
BRAND PROTECTION CHECK
Explore your wider brand protection needs with questions tailored to your business and plans.
No contact details needed to see your results.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Send the relevant registrations, product photographs, URLs, seller details and any purchase or shipment information.
We agree the scope and fees before substantive work begins. If a deadline is close, telephone us as well. An enquiry does not confirm that we are acting or monitoring a deadline.
