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Nipsey Hussle’s estate is taking legal action over knockoff merchandise. Wednesday, TMZ reported that Samiel Asghedom—Nipsey’s brother and the administrator of the estate—had filed suit against multiple parties alleged to be responsible for an assortment of sites selling fake Marathon pieces. According to Asghedom, the estate controls the rights to a number of registered trademarks, […]

An Ohio man is facing burglary charges for playing the main role in an increasingly absurd-sounding incident that stemmed from him allegedly giving a gentlemen’s club dancer two counterfeit bills.  According to WKBN, on Saturday night (June 19) a man later identified as Darryl Cowan, Jr. ran into a random stranger’s house because he was maced […]

Amazon announced on Wednesday the launch of the Counterfeit Crimes Unit, a global team consisting of former federal prosecutors, investigators, and data analysts, who will work with the online retailer on preventing knockoffs from making their way into its stores.  This newly-established task force will not be required to identify counterfeiters, but rather, use their respective skills to punish any […]

Since launching his laid-back streetwear brand Drew House in January, Justin Bieber has signaled that he intends to shift the focus away from his music career and toward his other lucrative ventures. Bieber’s star-studded rolodex provided a failsafe marketing strategy for Drew House, and since his wife Hailey Baldwin was seen wearing it, so was every young Instagram influencer far and wide. However, the […]

For those in tune with the real, the idea that fakes proliferate may be troubling. For Supreme, whose close watch on their stock availability is obviously integral to the brand’s worldwide success, the battle against fakes is rife with complications almost too overwhelming to read about. In a new and notably rare interview with Business […]