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
The right approach depends on your rights, objectives and circumstances. We agree the work and fees before substantive advice begins. The service details below explain the issues that may need attention.
Counterfeit goods can damage brand value, divert legitimate sales and expose customers to products that do not meet the standards associated with the genuine brand.
Corpinal IP helps businesses assess suspected counterfeiting, preserve evidence and coordinate proportionate enforcement using trade mark and other relevant IP rights.
Counterfeiting problems often span several channels at once, including online marketplaces, social media, websites, distributors and physical goods. Effective action requires clear evidence, enforceable rights and a strategy that focuses resources on the most significant activity.
Corpinal IP combines IP rights analysis with practical enforcement planning to help businesses identify the strongest route to disrupt counterfeit activity.
Working with us means you benefit from:
✓ IP Rights and Evidence Review
✓ Counterfeit Risk Assessment
✓ Online Marketplace Enforcement
✓ Seller and Supply-Chain Investigation
✓ Cease and Desist Strategy
✓ Coordinated Enforcement Advice
Counterfeit activity can spread quickly and may appear across multiple sellers or platforms before a rights owner becomes aware of the scale of the problem.
A structured anti-counterfeiting strategy can help you:
✓ Identify unauthorised goods using protected brands or designs.
✓ Preserve evidence before listings, accounts or websites disappear.
✓ Prioritise sellers and channels creating the greatest commercial risk.
✓ Use platform procedures and legal rights effectively.
✓ Disrupt repeat or coordinated counterfeit activity.
✓ Protect customers, reputation and legitimate distribution channels.
Counterfeit enforcement can involve incomplete seller information, rapidly changing online listings and multiple parties operating across different channels or jurisdictions.
Our Anti-Counterfeiting service focuses on establishing useful evidence, identifying the relevant rights and selecting enforcement steps that are proportionate to the commercial problem.
Common issues include:
This service is suitable for brand owners, manufacturers, retailers, designers and businesses whose products or packaging are being copied, imitated or sold without authorisation.
It is particularly useful for businesses facing repeated online marketplace infringement, counterfeit imports or coordinated sellers whose activity requires a broader enforcement strategy.
A CLEAR PROCESS
Send the relevant documents, your objectives and any dates so we can identify the issue.
We check availability and conflicts, then agree the scope, timing and fee before substantive work.
Consider the advice and options, with the relevant risks and limits explained before you decide.
We carry out the agreed work. Any further stages require your further instructions and approval.
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
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YOUR NEXT STEP
Send the relevant registrations, product photographs, URLs, seller details and any purchase or shipment information. An initial conversation identifies the issue and whether we can assist. Substantive assessment, advice and drafting are paid work, with scope and fees agreed before we begin. If a deadline is close, telephone us as well as sending the details. An enquiry does not mean that instructions or responsibility for a deadline have been accepted.
